Beckham

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Sorry if I have missed another discussion on this.

What's going on? If reports are to be believed, it seems they are haggling over a difference of about £5million. Beckham could probably cover that himself with what he has in his loose change dish.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 894716.stm

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Sorry if I have missed another discussion on this.

What's going on? If reports are to be believed, it seems they are haggling over a difference of about £5million. Beckham could probably cover that himself with what he has in his loose change dish.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 894716.stm

I think that his contract that he signed with the Galaxy has a lot to do with it, not just the difference in their respective 'values' of him as a player.

[jimbo]

Didn't LA spend something like an African country's GDP getting him to go there? If so, they're entitled to want a bit of it back considering he's hardly played a game for them.

[hisroyalgingerness]

Galaxy fans have pretty much paid for him to be there, I think that's what I find ever so slightly amusing in it all. God damn brand-Beckham

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Sorry if I have missed another discussion on this.

What's going on? If reports are to be believed, it seems they are haggling over a difference of about £5million. Beckham could probably cover that himself with what he has in his loose change dish.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 894716.stm

I think that his contract that he signed with the Galaxy has a lot to do with it, not just the difference in their respective 'values' of him as a player.

Well, yes, but what is reported, at least, is that the two parties' idea of what it would it would take to release Beckham from that contract is 'only' £5million apart.

Another thing I don't understand is how much of the financing of the original deal LA Galaxy put up, and how much the league itself paid.

[Hoboh]

Looks more and more like this was a daft deal for all parties concerned except Milan who may get him on the cheap so to speak although ceap being debateable given wages etc in this case.

[ThonyWinters]

Well, what to say really? I mean it's to be expected of a "megastar". Gotta say, I'm sure most Premiership clubs would still love Becks in their side but is he still the same player he was 5 or 6 years ago? I really don't think he is and for that reason, I find it hard to believe that he's anything but a brand these days. Afterall, Galaxy and the whole MLS tend to be just that. A brand. What happened to the good ol' days of real rock'n'roll football?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Carlo Ancelotti reckons he's a bit more than a brand. And Carlo's won enough European Cups for him to be on Chelsea's radar...

[ThonyWinters]

Carlo Ancelotti reckons he's a bit more than a brand. And Carlo's won enough European Cups for him to be on Chelsea's radar...

True true. I only hope he holds up though. Couldn't really catch much of England's game last week so I have no idea how he's playing. Hopefully playing in the Serie A ups his game from playing in the MLS cause I've seen some of his MLS performances and not the same.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

Beckham could probably cover that himself with what he has in his loose change dish.

"Beckham's desire to play for a top club in order to cement his place in the England squad for the 2010 World Cup finals led to him effectively funding the unique loan deal himself. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 926933.stm

[Horza]