Beckham. I remember when you scored that goal against Wimbledon from the half-way line, and Man United starting winning things with kids, though Alan Hansen said they wouldn't. I remember all of your hairstyles, how you annoyed your Brylcream sponsors by shaving your hair. Now you're coming out to California (copying pete, eh) to earn a million bucks a week (so, um, not copying pete after all), leaving our beloved Yurp behind, and giving mrs posh a chance at living somewhere she might be able to have a career again. Maybe. Hang on - a million dollars a week? And "it's not for the money"? The MLS changed its strict pay-structure rule at the end of last season - the 'Beckham Rule' - so that teams can buy a single player who can be paid whatever they desire. So LA Galaxy will now practically be 'Beckham FC'. Other stars will now surely follow, safe in the knowledge they will be the only massively paid ego in their desired club. Fixtures will probably be listed as 'Ronaldo' vs 'Figo', or whichever other stars on the wrong side of 30 come stateside in search of even more enormous wealth and popularity. Beckham is already big here - now he'll be huge. All those season tickets already sold, all those replica shirts (though LA Galaxy will have to change that ugly yellow kit if they really want to shift units). And I wonder if a team such as say Real Salt Lake might tempt the now-well-known-in-the-US Zidane out of headbutt-retirement? He wants to be 'part of history' (I thought steve McLaren already did that? ). He wants to make 'soccer' more popular here. He will do, too, for a little while anyway. But Americans like their sports stars to be tough macho goons, not someone who likes dressing up in knickers and sarongs. And what will happen when he's injured, and LA Galaxy are still paying him a million bucks a week to go to film premieres? I don't think they'll care that much actually - they'll still make millions back on his name. How will the other players react though? Or the fans? It'll be an interesting few years in the MLS. I'm sad Beckham's leaving Europe. I wanted him to go to Spurs of course, even though it was a pipe dream (then again, he is a local boy). I wanted England to beg him to play again - he still is one of the hardest working and talented players we have. I thought maybe he'd go somewhere else, such as France, perhaps Marseille - he could have been the new Chris Waddle (he'd have to grow those mullet curls though). Or even an emotional return to Man Utd for the rest of the season, and I think they'll win the Premiership this year. But it was not to be. And he's coming out here, to California, and that's pretty cool. I should know.
spend it like beckham ("he's considering a move to LA")
12.1.07 20:31
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amillionpieces / Website (12.1.07 20:37) I'm quite glad, because I think the Americans need to learn more about how to run a soccer league, so maybe, just maybe he might help with some pointers. It's a long shot tho. |
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petescully / Website (12.1.07 20:40) Well, like that goal against Wimbledon all those years ago, Beckham is good at long shots |
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amillionpieces / Website (12.1.07 21:37) This is true, hehe. Although my favourite was the free kick against Columbia.. |
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Roshan (13.1.07 10:53) What is this, favourite Beckham moments? We could go on forever. My favourite was when he got red carded in the wor;d cup for kicking Diego Simeone. |
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petescully (13.1.07 19:40) Yeah, fair honest Diego Simeone, who reacted as if he'd been shot by an armed militia and fell gentlemanly to the floor making more of a meal of it than even gordon ramsey could, i remember that. My all-time favourite moment was when he was interviewed by Ali G, and Ali asked if Brooklyn would grow up to be 'a footballer like his father, or a singer, like Mariah Carey' |
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Roshan (14.1.07 14:02) Innit!! |
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