David Beckham looking forward to a ‘traditional’ Christmas

The former Manchester United player told the Radio Times Christmas issue: “The other day Romeo turned round to me and said he didn’t want to play football any more”.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Monday morning, David offered a rare insight into his home life with fashion designer wife Victoria, 44, and their children children Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 13, Cruz, 10, and Harper, four.

” Beckham’s journey included visits to villages in Papua New Guinea; earthquake-hit Nepal; the streets of Buenos Aires; a refugee camp in Djibouti, Africa; Miami, Florida and organising the first official football game in Antarctica”.

He said: “My support is not for individual countries, my support is for the game”.

The cute clip follows David and Victoria’s two sons as they make their way around the rink in Christmas jumpers. “The other places, it was about showcasing how the power of the game affects families in life”. So we’re exactly the same!

Asked if they made a decision to keep their private lives and careers separate, he said: “We don’t sit down and discuss about keeping things separate but I think we both have our own things that we focus on”.

‘But actually I know her so well and I know the simple things she likes and enjoys, so she’s okay to buy for’. She’d like to sit indoors and watch Harper either play tennis or ballet or tap.

After having three boys that obviously do want to play football she wants to be able to have one of our children that wants to go and do stuff with her, like ballet or tap [dance].

“When we’re out he just gets recognised so much”, he smiled. “The power of the game is so huge it could change people’s perceptions on certain things”. “But if ever Harper does want to go and play football, Victoria will support her”.

For the Love of the Game will be on BBC One at 21:00GMT on Tuesday 29 December.