David Beckham wants former teammate Gary Neville as his MLS Miami franchise manager

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London, Feb 9: Former famous Class of '92 team-mates of Manchester United, David Beckham and Gary Neville could reunite again, however, now in a whole new avatar as reports have emerged that Beckham is weighing about the possibility of lining up Gary Neville as a candidate for the managerial position of David Beckham's new Miami-based MLS franchise.

Beckham who in his footballing career played for MLS side La Galaxy has recently announced that he will launch his unnamed franchise team in the MLS which he plans to have all set up by 2020. The English winger finalised a deal on his dream project, four years after taking up an option to purchase an MLS team.

“Anything I do in my life — business, family, I’m in 120 percent,” the former star said in Miami last month after the launch.

“And that’s the only way I see to be successful.

"I’ve played this game for many years. I’ve been lucky to have played in some of the biggest clubs in the world, under some of the biggest managers, with some of the best players. So, my experience is in football, so that is what I bring this ownership group.

“I’m going to be spending a huge amount of time here. I love this city. I’ve gotten to know it even more over the past four years.”

And now as per reports, former English and Manchester United right-fullback now a pundit at Skysports, Gary Neville is being reviewed for the post of the head coach for the side and his close relationship with Beckham is the major factor behind it.

Neville has worked as an assistant manager for four years with England National team with Roy Hodgson and later moved into as a first-team manager of Spanish side Valencia.

However, that short stint did not go down well as after only 17 matches, he got the sack where he won only 3 matches in the process and also got a hammering against Barcelona, losing 7-0 in a match.

The Englishman later suggested that he has no plans of returning to football management soon however if such offer from a close friend comes by, the treble-winning defender could again review his stance of returning to his base.

However, Gary is not the only face Beckham is looking at. Reportedly, apart from Neville, the likes of Frank Lampard, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and renowned manager Fabio Capello is also being looked at for the job.