David Beckham unveils huge new ankle tattoo

Former soccer star David Beckham has added a large ankle inking to his enormous collection of tattoos. The 40-year-old star already has around 40 inkings on his body and he has now unveiled his latest design, which took five hours to complete during a visit to the Shamrock Social Club in Hollywood, reported Female First

He uploaded a photo of his etching, which depicts two classical figures running with cloth floating behind them, to his 21.1 million Instagram followers.

Alongside the image, he wrote, “Great new piece from Mark Mahoney at shamrock ... Always nice to sit and listen to marks conversation for 5 hours whilst watching him work ... True artist @shamrocksocialclub (sic).”

Beckham has multiple tattoos that show his devotion to his family; children, Brooklyn, 17, Romeo, 13, Cruz, 11, and Harper, four, and wife Victoria Beckham.

In honour of daughter Harper he has the words “Pretty Lady” and a rose inked onto his skin. Recently, Beckham had “99’” inscribed onto the little finger of his right hand to commemorate the year of his wedding to Victoria.