David Beckham's Miami MLS franchise dream is slowly becoming reality... but 'Miami Beckham United' faces unlikely competition from Paolo Maldini and superstar transfers remain just talk

So things "really close" and announcement by the end of the year; we shall see. We have heard this before.
 
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David Beckham's Miami MLS franchise dream is slowly becoming reality... but 'Miami Beckham United' faces unlikely competition from Paolo Maldini and superstar transfers remain just talk

David Beckham's football club launch is taking time to be put together
   
But his group expect to make a major announcement by the end of 2016
   
Beckham is working hard behind the scenes to make his dream a reality
   
Six acres of land have been secured in Miami's Overtown for a stadium
   
But the city now has another team run by AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini
   
Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejected a move and there are rumours of Lionel Messi

By Andy Warren For Mailonline

Published: 04:47 EST, 9 November 2016 | Updated: 07:44 EST, 9 November 2016

It's fair to say David Beckham has found things more difficult than first expected when it comes to launching his own football club in Miami, but it seems as if there may finally be light at the end of the tunnel.

It was with great fanfare, from both the Beckham camp and the MLS, that the new franchise was announced on February 5, 2014 after the England international exercised an option granted to him upon his move to LA Galaxy in 2007, allowing him to launch a club for the cut-price sum of $25million (£20.2m).

But since then the former England international has encountered problems with investment and with a planned new stadium in the city, which have seen he and his team leapfrogged by two new franchises and look set to push the club's first season back to 2019.