Beckham tattoo 'Prison Break' inspired?

David Beckham's new tattoo was inspired by Prison Break, according to a report.

The footballer's lower-arm design is in the style of a sleeve, just like that of Michael Scofield, an inmate on the US television series, according to a report in The Sun.

It says the work took Beckham's favourite tattoo artist - Manchester's Louis Malloy - six hours to complete and stretches from his upper arm to his wrist.

It is also said to contain a Roman proverb as a message to critics: "Let them hate as long as they fear."

In Prison Break, Scofield, played by Wentworth Miller, uses the arm-and-body tattoo as a secret map of the Fox River prison.

The tattoo was previously reported to be a continuation of a cherub and cloud design on his upper arm.