David Beckham isn't the kind of global superstar to settle for second best.
He never did as a player, and he certainly won't begin now he's the man in charge of a club attempting to make the kind of waves he experienced at the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Yet as his Inter Miami side have stumbled their way into Major League Soccer, hurdling myriad problems on and off the pitch ever since Beckham announced his intentions to own a franchise in 2014, the former England captain has been forced to dig deep and sit tight.