{"id":862138,"date":"2025-07-12T23:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/david-beckham-gary-neville-buy-english-club\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T23:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:12:14","slug":"david-beckham-gary-neville-buy-english-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/david-beckham-gary-neville-buy-english-club\/","title":{"rendered":"David Beckham, Gary Neville Buy English Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<h2>Former Manchester United teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/2024\/09\/06\/david-beckhams-22-year-old-son-romeo-retires-from-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Beckham<\/a> and Gary Neville have bought Salford City, a club they have supported for years.<\/h2>\n<p>David Beckham and Gary Neville joined forces with U.S.-based businessman, Declan Kelly and Mervyn Davies, the chairman of Britain\u2019s Lawn Tennis Association, to take over the English League Two club.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Beckham and Neville were part of a consortium that included fellow ex-United players Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Philip Neville.<\/p>\n<p>However, this latest ownership structure sees Butt, Giggs, Scholes, and Philip Neville stepping back as shareholders, although they will retain important roles within the club to contribute their expertise and passion.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Gary Neville expressed enthusiasm for the future, emphasizing a commitment to making football the priority while also focusing on the club\u2019s sustainability over the next four to five years. <em>\u201cI can\u2019t wait for the next part of this journey,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Beckham, who is also a co-owner of Major League Soccer\u2019s Inter Miami, shared his excitement about the deep community roots of Salford City.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis club is at the heart of its community,\u201d<\/em> he said. <em>\u201cIt has a rich history, and I am delighted to be a part of the next chapter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Ernest Victor <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/2025\/05\/08\/david-beckham-gary-neville-buy-english-club\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United teammates David Beckham and Gary Neville have bought Salford City, a club they have supported for years. David Beckham and Gary Neville joined forces with U.S.-based businessman, Declan Kelly and Mervyn Davies, the chairman of Britain\u2019s Lawn Tennis Association, to take over the English League Two club. Previously, Beckham and Neville were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1184,413],"tags":[12264,9266],"class_list":["post-862138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-beckham","category-david","tag-beckham","tag-david"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}