Miami — David Beckham and his investors say they’ve purchased the private land needed for a soccer stadium in Miami.

Miami Beckham United announced in a news release Thursday the purchase of six acres in the city’s Overtown neighborhood, just a block from the Miami River. The deal comes after more than two years of failed attempts to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to three other sites.

The next step for Beckham and his partners is to buy another three-acre parcel from Miami-Dade County and secure zoning changes from the city of Miami. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed. The projected has previously been projected to cost more than $200 million.

Sites considered in the past were at PortMiami, downtown near the AmericanAirlines Arena and near Marlins Park in Little Havana.

Sounders Sign Ex-U.S. Forward

Tukwila, Wash. — The Seattle Sounders have signed former U.S. national team forward Herculez Gomez, looking to jumpstart the club after losing the first three matches to start the MLS season.

The 33-year-old had been training with Seattle and the Sounders decided to add another veteran to their roster.

Gomez has appeared in 24 games and scored six goals for the U.S. between 2007-13 but hasn’t made an appearance for the Americans since the 2013 Gold Cup. On the club level, Gomez spent parts of six seasons playing for a variety of clubs in Liga MX in Mexico, with his most productive stint coming in two seasons at Santos Laguna, where he appeared in 45 matches and scored 13 goals.

EPL: Clubs Can Use More TV Cash

London — English Premier League clubs will be able to use more television cash to fund players’ salaries, although restrictions will be in place to prevent them from frittering away the $12 billion windfall.

The 20 topflight teams have agreed to extend financial controls designed to restrain spiraling player costs for a further three seasons.

The restrictions were initially imposed in 2013 and the new limits reflect the rise in the value of TV rights for the 2016-19 period to $12 billion.

Clubs have the option of abiding by two alternative wage-control options.

If wage bills exceed 67 million pounds in 2016-17, 74 million pounds in 2017-18 and 81 million pounds in 2018-19, they can only be raised by 7 million pounds per season for the next three years from TV revenue. During the current 2013-16 TV rights cycle, annual increases of 4 million pounds have been allowed to be funded from TV cash.

Alternatively, clubs have to show that their aggregate wage bill for players has not increased since the 2012-13 season by more than 19 million pounds in 2016-17, 26 million pounds in 2017-18 and 33 million pounds in 2018-19.

Clubs will still be allowed to hike salaries if they are funded by self-generated revenue, notably through commercial deals and merchandise sales.

But the league has rules in place that require clubs to provide information that all liabilities can be met for the following season.