Out Of This World Gamble On Beckham

William Hill have seen a string of customers opening betting accounts purely to back David Beckham to join American MLS club, LA Galaxy and slashed their odds about the former England skipper joining that side by the start of next season from 7/1 to 11/4.

"The average bet we have been seeing on Becks joining LA has been over £100 - at least twice what we would normally expect on a market of this nature - and of those backing him to do so, 75% have been brand new customers we have never seen before, all of which just encourages us to believe that there may have been contact between Beckham and the club, and therefore to slash the odds about him going there" said William Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.

The bookies have cut the odds about Beckham joining any American MLS club from 9/4 to 5/4.