England captain David Beckham says he wants to end his career at Real Madrid.

　　Beckham said his personal life was now less frantic after he cut his advertising commitments and that his wife Victoria and two sons were settled in Spain.

　　"I want, and I'm convinced that I will, end my career at Real Madrid," the 29-year-old told sports daily Marca on Friday.

　　"In football you can never tell what's going to happen, but I still think that I've got a lot to give as a player and I would like to continue at one of the best clubs in the world - Real Madrid.

　　"I want to stay here for many more years, for as long as Real Madrid want me to stay."

　　Beckham, who is under contract until 2007, made a promising start to his career at Real Madrid after joining the club for up to 35 million euros ($45.39 million) from Manchester United.

　　However, his form, like that of the rest of his team mates, tailed off badly as Real ended last season empty-handed.

　　Beckham insisted he had put the disappointments of his first season at the club behind him.

　　"I've got over what happened last year," he said. "It's now in the past. Now I prefer to look ahead to 2005.

　　"My aim is to play good football, enjoy life in Spain and enjoy playing for Real Madrid.

　　"I'm very happy at the moment, the team is working much harder and I've still got a lot more to give.

　　"Things have calmed down a lot," he said, referring to his private life. "I've still got a few problems from the paparazzi but apart from that there are no problems.

　　"I've got a house and my sons are happy at school. My wife is here every day and that helps. We're going to have our third child in Madrid, so he can play for Spain or England." 

    小贝称将在皇马结束自己的职业生涯

    英格兰队队长贝克汉姆1月4在接受西班牙《马卡报》采访时表示，希望在皇家马德里队结束自己的职业生涯。

　　据路透社1月4日报道，贝克汉姆在接受采访时坦言，在削减了很多商业活动后，自己在西班牙的生活比从前喧闹的生活安静了不少，而且妻子维多利亚和两个儿子也已经在西班牙安顿停当。

　　“我希望，也坚信我会在皇家马德里俱乐部终结我的足球职业生涯。”现年29岁的贝克汉姆4日在接受《马卡报》记者采访时表示：“在足球领域你永远也无法预测将要发生的事情，但我依然认为作为运动员，我还可以有更多的奉献，并愿意继续在世界上最棒的俱乐部之一——皇家马德里俱乐部效力。我希望能在这里多呆几年，只要皇马还要我。”

　　根据合同，贝克汉姆将在皇马效力到2007年。然而在以3500万欧元从曼联加盟皇马以来，贝克汉姆的状态和皇马其他大牌巨星一样表现得十分低迷，以至于上个赛季皇马两手空空什么也没有获得。

　　对此，贝克汉姆表示他已经将令人失望的上个赛季埋葬在了过去。“我已经从去年的失意中恢复过来，”他说：“现在我宁愿向前看，展望2005年。我在西班牙的目标是踢好足球，享受生活，享受在皇马踢球的日子。目前我很快乐，全队训练和比赛比以前要刻苦许多，我想我还会有很多精彩的东西奉献给大家。”

　　谈到私生活，贝克汉姆表示除了一些小问题之外，他的生活已经平静了很多。“我有房子，有儿子，他们在学校里快乐地学习和生活。我的妻子每天都在这里陪伴着我，这对我很有帮助。我们将在马德里拥有我们的第3个孩子，这样他长大了以后既可以为西班牙队效力也可以为英格兰队效力。”