So the choice was obvious then! It was obvious he'd be heading off to America soon, he was always talking about ending his career there. He wants to raise his profile in a new and lucrative market, ready for when he retires from football. America likes winners, so he joins a successful team and then he'll live off adverts and try and work out what else he can do with his high profile...

Plus there's his wife too, who's also trying to reinvent herself as something marketable again... I suppose going to america now gives him more time to raise his profile there...