The Italian club are prepared to help the England midfielder extricate himself from his Los Angeles Galaxy contract and provide him with the opportunity to stake a claim to play in the 2010 World Cup finals.

Galaxy have rejected one bid from Milan, but the Italian club have pointed out that they cannot be expected to stump up a big fee for a 33-year-old who will be a free agent in November if he exercises a clause in his contract.

The main problem surrounds the complexity of Beckham's agreement with Major League Soccer and the Galaxy, but if the player has to buy himself out of his contract then Milan are prepared to help him.

A Milan insider told PA Sport: "The biggest driving force in any transfer is the will of the player, and we know David wants to play for us.

"It is a very complicated contract in the USA but we will do what we can to help him move."

Beckham could expect a deal with Milan at least until the end of next season, but the club insist they are not targeting him for his 'brand'.

The insider said: "We have Kaka, Ronaldinho, Pirlo and Pato already so we don't need him for our profile."