I’ve been told that I’m the biggest David Beckham fan people have ever met. I assure you that I don’t go gaga over his pics, but as a player he is everything you’d expect – extremely hard-working, talented, gives 110% every time and is flawed as well as simple genius.
Becks had an illustrious career with Manchester United before being kicked out by SAF and thrown Real Madrid’s way, who then proceeded to shoot themselves in the foot by giving him a poor contract which led him to head towards LA Galaxy, where Becks will, in all likelihood, end his professional career.
He’s been excellent for England as well, both under Eriksson and under McClaren (who saw the light finally and picked him for the national team).
Today’s Transfer Rumor Roundup focuses on two Premiership clubs that promise to spend big, as well as a third that could join them. We’ll also take a look at one player who went from franchise cornerstone to someone who could leave in...
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Tottenham are linked with more reinforcements (no central midfielders though), Podolski is linked with a move to England, the Owen to Liverpool and Arshavin to England rumours will never die, and will Beckham find a permanent home in Milan?
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Earlier this season, David Beckham and the L.A. Galaxy played a series of barnstorming games in South Korea and China. Aside from England, Asia has been Beckham’s most rabid fan base since the 2002 World Cup was held there.
In the first...
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America and soccer have never had much more than a tepid amateur relationship. The paradox of this relationship resides in the fact that there are more soccer players in the United States than England, France,...
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The English Galactico, David Beckham, will move to AC Milan on a short-term loan in January. The move will occur during MLS’s offseason and Becks is expected to return to LA Galaxy in April when the 2009 MLS season kicks off.
Beckham is...
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David Beckham’s yellow card against Columbus Crew last weekend meant that the former England skipper picked up an obligatory suspension. Normally this would be disappointing for the player and for his side, LA Galaxy, but the American media is...
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Aside from the Gerrard/Lampard debate, England’s traditional selection problem has been who to play on the left-wing due to a dearth of decent candidates. The current conundrum is who to play on the right, but the reasons are quite opposite.
Fabio...
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Watch England v Croatia live online.
They say that history repeats itself. In England’s case, stupidity repeats itself, ad nauseam.
You could drive...
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Just in case you’ve missed anything on SL over the last several days, here’s a quick recap of some of the top topics from the last week.
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England play the Czech Republic today in their last ‘friendly’ before the World Cup 2010 qualifiers begin.
The time for experimentation is over and the team you’ll see lining up for England tonight will in all likelihood be...
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