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Victoria Beckham's American dream crushed

Has Becks' move to Milan wrecked Posh's plans to conquer the US?

Victoria Beckham will stay in LA while David is in Italy

At a time when Victoria Beckham’s dream of conquering the US finally appears to be taking off, the January departure of her husband to Italy for three months to play for AC Milan threatens everything.

‘Victoria’s being taken seriously in the fashion world now and was really starting to establish herself in the US thanks to David’s high profile,' says Now's source. 'But she’s fearful people won’t be as interested in her on her own.

'Posh’s career is based around them as a couple, but for David, his football has to come first. At 33, he doesn’t have that many years left playing at the top level.’

David’s just one cap away from equalising football legend Bobby Moore’s record of 108 games for England, but national team boss Fabio Capello insists he needs to be playing regularly to qualify for the squad.

‘It was a big wake-up call for David,' says our insider. 'It was hoped his £128 million contract with LA Galaxy would help raise the profile of soccer in the US. But now he’s anxious to get back to top-flight football.

‘He’s asked Posh to support him as she knows how important his international career is to him. She’s had no choice but to go along with it and let David call the shots for now, even though what’s good for David at this time is really not good for her.’

The thought of Becks spending months alone again in Europe worries Victoria, 34, after he got rather too close to his PA Rebecca Loos in 2003 while playing for Real Madrid. She’s already been angered by his recent nights out at the Villa nightclub in LA and the move has only fed these insecurities.

In a bid to make sure they don’t repeat past mistakes, the couple have set out a list of ground rules which will come into play when David goes.

See what they are in Now magazine dated 10 November 2008 - out now!