David Beckham and LA Galaxy claim Beckham’s transfer is for football reasons. Pull the other one!
Let’s get one thing straight, David Beckham has not been bought by LA Galaxy for his football ability. LA Galaxy have signed David Beckham to make money.
At LA Galaxy, Beckham will earn;
£128 million over 5 years
£25.6 million a year
£2.1 million a month
£70 thousand a day
It’s almost four times Andriy Shevchenko’s £130,000 and Thierry Henry’s £120,000 weekly salary and five times Steven Gerrards’s £100,000 per week deal.
For LA Galaxy to afford these payments, they must be getting something in return and it is not value for money from his football skill.
If LA Galaxy wanted to improve as a football team, would they shell out this sum on a 31 year old? Of course not, they would spend on Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry, John Terry or Christiano Ronaldo if they wanted to improve on the field.
David Beckham has been cast aside by his national team and has not been playing in a Real Madrid side that, since Beckham’s arrival, have not won any major honours.
LA Galaxy have seen the potential of Beckham’s marketing muscle. When David Beckham signed for Real Madrid he had a medical. That medical was televised live by 39 TV networks worldwide and Spanish insurance group Grupo Sanitas, reportedly paid more than $400,000 to sponsor the broadcast.
Real Madrid recouped his £20m transfer fee through shirt sales in his first year at the club. The club shop sold 8,000 replica shirts bearing his name on the day he signed in 2003.
LA Galaxy knows they can tap into the Beckham icon and earn from him. Beckham knows his football ability is not what it was, so it makes sense that both parties take advantage of the situation.
I have no issues over LA Galaxy or David Beckham making the most from this deal. What I do have an issue with, is the way they both Galaxy and Beckham, claim the move is for football reasons.
Do they really think we are as dumb as, err, err, David Beckham?
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Jay C said: Comment 15 January, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
i dont know if this subjective amatuer peice of writing was wrote for a response or not, but the fact of the matter is that beckham is still a top player. yes madrid may have won nothing since he has been there but i think not only is it naive to link beckhams arrival to this but also ignorant. manchester utd bought wayne rooney and since he has been at the club we have only won an FA cup which by our standards is poor. has wayne rooney weakened the side, dont be silly i say success is attributed to the club as a whole not one individual. look at madrids structure, they had 4 managers in the time becks was there, hold on maybe 5, presidential elections were publicised more than their fall from grace aswell as training ground bust ups (gravesen) so no wonder with instability like that they won nothing. Yes LA galaxy must have one eye on his marketing side, there is no way that there is enough money in the american game to finance his wages on success alone, but to suggest that they have bought him purely for financial reasons is ridiculous, in that case they may aswell bring maradona out of retirement if the idea is just to land a big name. and talking about maradona, theres another guy who televised a medical when he signed for napoli, so does that make him a sell out too. beckham has too many critics for doing what he does best and that is play football, he is technically brilliant and a sound athlete. yes he was dropped by capello an the national side, and yes van nistlerooy was dropped by sir alex and fell out of the national side, so is he rubbish too? i think not his goalscoring record speaks for itself. becks opta stats are still intimidating in terms of successful pass completion, its just that because these stat arent as widely available as goals scored they get looked over. get a grip and take another look at an english legend