Beckham to US league

[SlavikSvensk]

aka international football's glitziest ghetto.

seriously though, i hope this will help our league grow in popularity, though i can't see this as good for his football career. maybe he just wants to focus on marketing himself as a brand?

[prozac]

I bet the missus wants a job in the states
maybe she can appear talented over there

[Esox Lucius]

maybe he just wants to focus on marketing himself as a brand?

that's it mate, he's all about the glitz & glammer and wants to be big in the states. god help you if his missus tries to revive her singing career over there lol.

[prozac]

£128 million over 5 years
"I dont want people to think im going for one last pay day"

[basslinejunkie]

he seems to think people are as dumb as he is.

[SlavikSvensk]

ha yeah that's it then. the MLS had to restructure it's pay system to allow for beckham to come here. i guess they think it will put them over the top. problem is, he came to a club that's ALREADY popular. LA is the only city to have 2 football clubs, and both are successful. it would have been better for US soccer to send him to new york or something.

but yeah, guess he wants to live the hollywood life. i live 10 min from hollywood...it's actually pretty low key. maybe i'll run into him. i'll tell him he's vastly overrated, aside from in set pieces

[french_og]

They will probably make that money back twice over in the first year with Merchandise sales.

Fair play to him though £128,000,000 over 5 years....

We can safely say though now that it is defo the end of his England career playing in the USA,

[Insomnia]

It's very sad these days when it all comes down to money, it should be about wearing the jersey! He makes me laugh on the news saying i hope people dont think it's about the money, i mean doh!
Plus his Mrs is a half wit an all she cant sing worth a monkey iv'e never liked her the stupid cow!! :grr:

[french_og]

But he did always say that he never wanted to play for any other clubs than Man Utd and Real Madrid so it does seem like a good challenge for him to go there, hey i would love to live in LA. He is still young and has a great opportuntity.

[Insomnia]

True mate cant argue with that att all, i just feel he has plenty to offer in England still and think at the end of the day he would play for someone else than Man u, just hope the money side of things hasn't taken over as it's greedy..

[SlavikSvensk]

LA is nice indeed. but i figured he would play a couple more years in england before ending up here...i guess the money was too good to pass up

[SlavikSvensk]

i think the point for US soccer is that right now soccer is the #1 most played sport in america but it's like the #8 most watched sport after

american football
baseball
basketball
golf
racing
hockey
tennis

only reason for that is that the league is so mediocre. guess they think luring beckham and (hopefully) a few other stars could change that.

[dan the acid man]

But he did always say that he never wanted to play for any other clubs than Man Utd and Real Madrid so it does seem like a good challenge for him to go there, hey i would love to live in LA. He is still young and has a great opportuntity.

haha, but he's still playing for another club

it's the money, plain and simple.

[basslinejunkie]

fair doo's to him tho,would you turn down 125mill for playing football?? would you bollox!! :)

[Ashley]

Beckham is a twat :cheese:

[dan the acid man]

fair doo's to him tho,would you turn down 125mill for playing football?? would you bollox!! :)

i would if it was going to hinder my career, i'd rather get paid less and be playing in the leagues i want.

but, maybe he realises his times up now

[SlavikSvensk]

i would if it was going to hinder my career, i'd rather get paid less and be playing in the leagues i want.

but, maybe he realises his times up now

i think his choice came down to:

a) play two years at tottenham, then maybe ca$h in on US market if still marketable

b) go for the ca$h now

[Will]

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...

[Will]

They'll both be like Paris Hilton when he retires, no doubt do an Osbournes styledocumentary and do any old rubbish to stay famous and keep the money coming in. I imagine there'll be aftershave, maybe turn to singing! Autobiography, maybe a grill or some such, tv work...

[french_og]

Give him a break ffs....