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Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Jack Nicholson, along with music icons Jay-Z and wife ­Beyoncé, have all said they want to buy shares in his Miami side.

Smith and Cruise are long-time friends of David and wife Victoria and live near their Beverly Hills ­mansion. Another pal of the couple, ­actress Eva Longoria, is also keen to get involved.

Nicholson became a buddy of Beckham when the two watched LA Lakers basketball games from courtside seats.

He has even persuaded two of the ­Lakers’ biggest stars, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, to invest in the team along with Miami Heat legend LeBron James.

James already owns a small stake in Premier League giants Liverpool, through shares he holds in the club’s US owners Fenway Sports Group. Rap mogul Jay-Z was involved with the Brooklyn Nets basketball team.

But it is Beckham’s new franchise that is drawing enormous interest in ­celebrity circles.

Becks, 38, will limit the number of “small investor” shares that will be made available to his friends as main ­financing for the team is in place.

When he arrived to play for Los ­Angeles Galaxy six years ago, the ­ex-midfield maestro was given the ­option to buy his own franchise for the ­discounted price of £15million as part of his original ­Major League Soccer (MLS) contract. That is a fraction of what the club will cost.

The bulk of the cash for the venture will come from Beckham’s business partner, Miami-based billionaire ­Marcelo Claure.

Claure, who holds joint US and ­Bolivian citizenship, already owns the ­major club Bolivar in his home country and serves on FIFA’s Committee for Fair Play and Social Responsibility.

“Marcelo is one of the wealthiest ­figures in South American soccer,” said media analyst Mike Raia.

“And he also holds an important role in the sport’s governing body. David has worked ­miracles already to get him on board and the interest from celebrities is ­pretty much the icing on the cake.”

The new franchise could play as soon as 2014, even if the planned new ­stadium at Port Miami is not yet built.

The MLS has said it will be “perfectly acceptable” for the team to share a ground ­temporarily at the 75,000- capacity Sun Life stadium, home to American ­football team the Miami ­Dolphins.