A brand-new Disney+ series is in the works starring the footballing legend, David Beckham.
Titled Save Our Squad, the series will see Beckham return to east London pitches, where his football career began, to mentor a young grassroots team who are struggling to survive in the league.
According to Disney, the former Man United and Real Madrid star and his team will take the players, their coach and their community on “an uplifting, transformative journey of a lifetime.”
The show will be made by production company Twenty Twenty and Studio 99, the global content and production studio co-founded by Beckham.
“It is fantastic to be making Save Our Squad with Twenty Twenty and to shine a light on the kind of grassroots football that I experienced growing up and which gave me so much at the start of my life in the game,” Beckham said.
“I was so fortunate to have a long and successful playing career and now to have the opportunity to give back to these communities as a mentor is incredible. Developing and nurturing young talent is so important in the game and it is great to be working with Disney+ on this project.”
Disney commissioner and director of unscripted, Sean Doyle, added: “This is a fantastic opportunity to show the importance and impact of grassroots football in communities in the UK. The series will be exciting, dramatic, uplifting and full of heart and courage – everything David had in his own playing days.”