David Beckham has proved he's just getting better with age in his latest magazine cover shoot.
The former footballer, 44, is on the front of one the GQ Men of The Year Awards special edition covers of the October issue.
He smoulders in a sharp black tuxedo as he poses on board a boat in Venice for the arty shoot.
In an eye-opening interview, Becks reveals all on his future in football and what he's like as a father.
The father-of-four says: "I tell the kids they have to make choices, sometimes give things up. If your friends are going out on a Friday night, maybe you can't.
"Maybe you've got tennis practice the next day or you're in the studio singing, like Cruz, or you've got a shoot, like Brooklyn. That's where your focus needs to be."
David admits that he never used to want to have a career outside of sport and only ever thought about getting better as a footballer.
He explained: "All I ever wanted was to be successful as a footballer. Obviously, I always did things outside of the game and outside of my footballing career that were slightly different at the time.
"I think it’s more acceptable now to do some of the things that I did, some of the covers, some of the photo shoots, some of the sponsorships, but I think my focus back then was to just win trophies, be successful with Manchester United and never leave United.
"Anything outside of the game was just a bonus."
But when his playing career came to an end he decided to explore his options.
David added: "I started to focus and then started looking towards the end of my career and what I was going to do, setting up a team and at some point owning my own team and owning my own office and being able to actually control everything that was going on in my world.
"I was probably in my late twenties, early thirties when I started to readjust.
"And it looked very different from when I was 21."
*See the full feature in the October issue of GQ available via digital download and newsstands on Friday 6th September.
