Paris lights up with David Beckham's' arrvial at Paris St-Germain David Beckham during the press conference for his PSG signing at Parc des Princes in Paris. RARELY has an Englishman been so heartily welcomed by the French. David Beckham's arrival to join the Paris Saint-Germain football club was greeted on Friday with genuine praise, hospitality and pride that one of the world's great sports stars had been lured to the French capital. The 37-year-old midfielder's move to Paris was the talk of the cafes and of morning radio, where the capital's Socialist Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said Beckham's move was ``very good news" for the city. ``He's a great sports personality with a global audience and what he's said about Paris - that it's a marvellous, attractive city - is very good for the Parisian economy," Delanoe told Europe 1 radio. He praised Beckham's decision to donate the salary from his five-month contract to local children's charities and said the high-profile arrival was good for the ``dynamic" of the city's tourism industry. Beckham's face was splashed across newspaper front-pages on Friday, with even high-brow left-wing daily Liberation hailing his performance at Thursday's unveiling press conference. ``Yesterday the former Manchester United midfielder was super. Smiling, suave, with this hint of roughness - the accent from the working-class London neighbourhood where he grew up - spicing up his words," the newspaper wrote. David Beckham poses with his new jersey flanked by PSG Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (left) and PSG Brazilian sport director Leonardo at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. ``The loving looks from the hall. Oh, David..." it said. Devoting its front page and two inside pages to Beckham's arrival, popular daily Le Parisien said his joining Paris Saint-Germain would catapult it into the league of internationally recognised clubs like Manchester United and AC Milan. ``Beckham is a pop star, an international icon, a Beatle in football boots," it said. ``The capital's club is definitely launching into another world with the Englishman's signing. PSG's Qatari owners are hoping Beckham's celebrity clout will allow it to tap new global merchandising markets. At the PSG boutique on the Champs Elysees, jerseys featuring Beckham's No.32 were already on sale for 110 euros on Friday morning and a few fans swept in early to pick them up. A jersey bearing the name of PSG's latest recruit British football player David Beckham, is displayed at the Paris Saint-Germain store on the Champs-Elysees. If there was any disappointment in Paris it was that Beckham's wife - former Spice Girl turned fashion designer Victoria - and their four children would not be joining him. ``It was the only bad news of the day," Le Parisien wrote, noting that Beckham flew back to London on a private jet to rejoin his family shortly after speaking to the press. It reported that when in Paris Beckham was expected to be living in one of two possible luxury hotels. He will be provided with a personal chauffeur and bodyguard. While in France, Beckham and his family will also benefit from the country's strict privacy laws, perhaps escaping some of the tabloid scrutiny that followed them in Los Angeles, where he played for LA Galaxy, and in Britain. Beckham was the top trending item on French Twitter on Friday with many praising him. Some wondered though whether Beckham's decision to donate his salary was motivated by wanting to avoid a 75 per cent tax rate on high incomes proposed by Socialist President Francois Hollande's government. And at least one Twitter user in France, Olympique de Marseille midfielder Joey Barton, couldn't help but poke fun at his countryman. ``He'll be great for French Football. Although, he'll remain 2nd best/best looking, Englishman in France. That'll hurt his confidence! Barton Tweeted.