David Beckham to move to LA Galaxy
Posted on January 11, 2007 - Filed Under European Soccer, Soccer | Leave a Comment
David Beckham has finally decided to make a move from Real Madrid and I couldn’t have been happy for him for getting out of the rot that he got himself into four years ago by deciding to join the Spanish giants. But then again if he made the one good decision in a long long time I wonder how much of a right decision for him to be actually moving to LA Galaxy, the Major League’s Soccer side. In a deal that is reported to be worth 128 million pounds the former England captain would join the LA side for a period of five years at the end of this season with Real Madrid.
Beckham had been tipped since the begging of this year to leave the Spanish capital but many must have thought that he could actually come back to his home ground rather than make a switch as far as the pacific coast. But then if there is some thing else close to David then it has to be the glitzy and glamorous Hollywood and he now certainly got much closer to the action there.
In a statement issued by the soccer’s one time golden boy said that he had finally taken his decision on staying at Madrid or moving elsewhere. He said that Real asked him to make his decision by this week and he was complying by the request. The statement also thanked all the supporters and staff at Madrid for being with him and supporting him through his time at one of the world’s top notch clubs. Though he’d leave at the end of the season he vowed to give his best until the last day as he has done thus far.
Many detractors of Beckham had almost cynically predicted that Becks would move across the Atlantic because no one in Europe would be willing to cough up huge money that David would cost as a package. On Beckham’s part though he says money played the minimal role in making the switch. The soccer star says that he plans to take American soccer to a whole new level and that’s the challenge that makes me move to LA in what could be last and final move of his career.
For the record the deal includes his salary existing sponsor contracts, merchandising shirt sales and a share in the club profits. Also significant is the fact that David has a soccer academy in LA in which is partnered by entertainment giant AEG and they are also the owners of the club that David plans to join now. David’s expected arrival has almost been seen as a historic moment in US soccer history as for sure this is arguably the biggest move to American soccer in decades.
But one wonders by making a move to the California if David has almost blown away chances of his comeback to the England side. Playing in the continent surely gave him a better standing to come back. Cos being in Europe he’d be much closer to the game is played at arguably at its best and also he would have played with the best mates. Then again as in the past two seasons on the contrary he might have struggled to have found a regular place in the starting level seriously marring any comeback chances whatsoever.
For David’s sake though I hope that he the regular spot in the playing eleven gives him enough time and space to be able to get back to his best. Cos someone like David is a tremendous tool to taking a sport on to a different level in popularity. If David can regain his touch he is sure to make his mark in Hollywood. And just in case (very sadly for a becks fan like me) Hollywood isn’t too far he’s sure wont be jobless…
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