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LA Galaxy and Milan agree David Beckham timeshare deal
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 05:09 AM by Ollie Irish
Tags ac milan, david beckham, la galaxy, mls
I've been David Beckham, goodnight
This is the last post I will write about the Milan/Galaxy/Beckham threeway - probably, ahem - and anyway, I can't match the delightful insights and vitriol of my friends across the Atlantic, Messrs Loney and Archer. Compared with them, I'm a casual bystander whose main interest in Beckham is what new torture contraption his wife is wearing on her long-suffering feet. (I may have a slight foot fetish, football fans. Shhhh.)
Here's the deal, according to most news agencies on the planet: Beckham stays with Milan until mid-July, then returns to LA until the end of October. Then he goes back to Milan for the rest of the 2009/10 Serie A season. Beckham will fund the majority of the loan fee being paid to the Galaxy out of his own fat wallet - a gesture which a) confirms how desperately he wants to prolong his career at the highest level, and b) is nothing short of a huge insult to everyone involved with the Galaxy.
If I was one of Beckham's Galaxy team-mates, how would I feel when he rocks up at the training ground in July in whatever monstrous gas guzzler he picked out that morning? I'd feel like "Here's a guy who paid his own money so he wouldn't have to play with me".
Good for the Galaxy's morale? I don't think so. Maybe his team-mates will make a pact not to pass to him. That'll learn ya, limey.
Ultimately, I guess this is the best solution for an intractable position. Everyone wins a little bit, but I can't help but feel that the Galaxy - who should have wielded the most power in this negotiation; they own Becks, after all - will bear the scars of being burned long after Beckham has retired.
Threesomes never end well.
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At least it's over. Now he can lose Serie A, MLS then Serie A again and retire.Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 06:13 AM by Kipp 
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If you ever saw the Galaxy play, you'd think Beckham was getting off cheap. Of course he wants out. Everyone wants out of that team. I cannot imagine he is really rejoining the Gals in July. It just gives everyone time to work on the resolution of the latter part of the MLS season. I bet he picks up an 'injury' in June.
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 08:10 AM by Deep Wilcox
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He needs to lose England the World Cup again before he can retire.
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 08:14 AM by StewartJG
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I think he was as surprised as every one else that he earned a starting position there. I'm sure he thought he was going there just to train. I can't see how any of his Galaxy teamates would blame him.
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 08:38 AM by WillF123
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I'm hoping that MLS referees are as insulted as everyone else over here.
"Get up, Beckham, I'm not blowing the whistle. And pick up that leg you left over there too."Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 10:11 AM by Bill Archer
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Bill Archer's Comment +1
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 10:49 AM by USvsIRELAND
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Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to begrudge Beckham. He's taking a lot of very expensive risks to (IMHO), chase what I believe to be his actual dream, another shot at a World Cup:
(1) Will he be able to remain healthy?
(2) He potentially will have very little time off between now and WC 2010. Even if (and perhaps especially if) he remains injury-free, will Beckham have enough left in the tank to keep a place in the England side?
(3) Will England qualify for WC 2010? While it's more than likely England will qualify, it's not a certainty by any means.
(4) Where will WC 2010 be held? Given the political instability in and around South Africa, and the current state of world economics...can anyone say for certain the location of WC 2010? Will Blatter wait until a Confederations Cup fiasco before pulling the plug? And, if so, is there any other country besides the USA that could put together a WC under such short notice? (Please note, my hope for South African success is well-documented on BS, but those hopes seem less realistic as time goes on, some of that due to circumstances beyond SA's control...see ITTET). How ironic it would be if he were to end up playing at a WC in the country he "abandoned"?
(5) He does appear to be prepared to pony up his own cash for the opportunity, which many see as a Fcuk you to MLS; I see it, rather, as Beckham's response to Capello's statement that Beckham must be playing at a higher level league than MLS in order to be considered for England...kinda puts Becks in a bad spot, wouldn't you agree?
It seems that Beckham is risking trashing his reputation (and, arguably, has already at leaste tarnished it) in the USA, where he planned one or more "Beckham footballing academies". What potential damage is being done to those plans? Anybody here willing to send their children to Beckham U?
Perhaps I'm naive, but he seems to be putting an awful lot on the line for a very outside shot at footballing immortality. I'm sure he's painfully aware of the cost of failure, and I have to respect that.Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 01:32 PM by Martininho
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I don't think his Galaxy mates are the guys he should be concerned about.
I'm sure there are quite a few defenders earning the league minimum who reluctanly complied with the league's previous unwritten rule of going easy on golden balls.Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 02:47 PM by Pablo Chicago
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So you're saying that Adrian Serioux was simply a man ahead of his time last season when he took a red card against Old Spice?Quote:Originally Posted by Pablo Chicago
I'm sure there are quite a few defenders earning the league minimum who reluctanly complied with the league's previous unwritten rule of going easy on golden balls.Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 03:51 PM by McGinty
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OOOOOO can someone say slide tackles on Beckham this year? Maybe ill actually watch an MLS game this year. SO maybe its good PR for the MLS that preetty much everyone is gonna try to hurt Beckham
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 03:52 PM by EagleDrew10
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