David Beckham is planning to fly his personal tattooist to Spain to get the name of his third son, Cruz, engraved on his body.

According to friends, the Real Madrid footballer - whose wife Victoria gave birth to Cruz last month - wants his trusted expert Louis Molloy to add the name of his latest child to his collection of body art, reported the celebrity portal Femalefirst.

"He is talking about flying Louis over from Manchester and getting the name Cruz inked on his arm," a friend said.

Beckham reportedly named the son Cruz, the Spanish for cross, telling his parents that he wanted a guardian angel to watch over the boy.