Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie star Brendan O'Carroll looking to invest in David Beckham's Miami MLS team

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Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll is set to strike up an unlikely partnership with David Beckham by investing in his new football team.

The comedy star, who lives in Florida, is pledging cash to Becks’ Major League Soccer project.

Brendan, one of the ­nation’s best-loved TV characters whose BBC1 show pulls in a huge 12 million viewers, told the Mirror: “I’m hoping to buy into it.

“I'm hoping to buy shares in it...they are going to be my home team."

But Brendan said that despite his commitment to Becks’ business project, don’t expect the footie ace to have a cameo in Mrs Brown’s Boys anytime soon.

He joked: “Unless it’s completely accidental. He’s not really funny."

Talking to promote Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, Brendan, who is worth £8million, spoke of his love for football.

The 58-year-old said: “I’d love to see America doing well. It’d be so good for soccer.

“I’ve always believed if they start playing soccer in the Harlems of America, the rest of the world will have to stand back because they are magnificent athletes and its going to change the game.

“American’s interest in soccer has really gone up. It used to be a girl’s game until a few years ago but its really doing well.”

Brendan’s cash pledge comes after Becks recently hit a setback in his attempts to turn derelict land in Miami’s docklands into a new 25,000-seat football stadium.

Cruise lines and port workers’ unions have said that Beckham’s preferred site should be used for industrial expansion rather than a sports facility.

Becks has travelled to the city frequently in recent months to launch the club.

His business group, Beckham Miami United, has said it will continue to hunt for other sites for the development.

His partners in the project include British entrepreneur Simon Fuller and mobile phone services billionaire Marcelo Claure.

Luis Suarez should quit Liverpool for Real Madrid or Barcelona this summer, says father-in-law

Gustavo Balbi - who lives on the outskirts of Barcelona - has suggested Suarez is ready to make the switch sooner rather than later

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Ready to go? Suarez should leave Liverpool this summer, says his father-in-law

The time is right for Luis Suarez to quit Liverpool for Real Madrid or Barcelona - according to his family.

The Liga giants have both begun to pave the way for a pursuit of the Uruguay international, by clearly using friendly media sources to reveal their interest.

And on Monday, in a move that will dismay the Anfield faithful, the player's father-in-law - who lives on the outskirts of Barcelona - suggested Suarez was ready to make the switch.

Speaking on Spanish TV, Gustavo Balbi said: "Luis has nothing left to prove in England. It'd be the right time to move to Spain,"

"It doesn't matter whether it's one team or the other (Madrid or Barcelona). He will not go to another team in England out of respect for Liverpool."

Balbi, father of Suarez's wife Sofia, lives in Castelldefels, on the coast just west of the city, and the family plays a huge part in the striker's decision-making process.

Sources closes to the Liverpool forward's agent Per Guardiola - who retains strong links to the Nou Camp - said last night that no decision has been made on his future, but they hinted he was waiting until after the World Cup finals to gauge the level of intent from both Barcelona and Madrid.

Suarez DOES have a release clause in his new contract, signed six months ago and worth a staggering £12m a year, but it is a complicated one which has no set release fee.

He will though, be allowed to speak to any foreign club with genuine Champions' League ambition, and both Spanish clubs obviously meet that criteria.

So far, Liverpool have remained relaxed about the situation, despite recognising the clear danger of a repeat of last season's farce when Arsenal tried to trigger a release clause.

Boss Brendan Rodgers had talks with the player at the end of the season, and was reassured Suarez was happy at Anfield and didn't want to move.

Liverpool confirmed, too, they have had no bids or even enquiries about the striker, despite expressing their own interest in Barcelona's forward Alexis Sanchez.

The Chile international though, could ultimately prove the key to any deal, because Rodgers is a huge fan, and any deal that saw the World Cup sensation arrive at Anfield along with a sizeable £60m-plus transfer fee for Suarez would provoke serious thought for the Anfield hierarchy, despite their desire not to sell at this stage.