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Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:39 pmby Big Niall
This represents all that is wrong in football.
Beckham has never been a great player (see Zidane for that definition) and in my opinion has never been a very good player - I'd rate him as "good" - Ryan Giggs has always been much better.
He has a famous wife, is good looking and courts publicity and women and yanks know F**k all about football so will buy OK magazine as he hoars his family privacy.
He has never had ONE good international tournament and has certainly never been "world class"
He will sell merchandise in the same way rubbish japanese drivers get to drive F1 cars because of the money they get in.
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:05 pmby Bad Bob
Fook sake. He'll be all over the media over here now rather than some shadowy figure that play some sport or other over in 'Urip' and shags a Spice Girl. He'll be jumping up and down Oprah's couch soon enough, I expect. The question is, who in the U.S. media will pick up the story faster: ESPN or "Entertainment Tonight"? 
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:10 pmby jonnymac1979
I've just heard on the radio he's sold his soul to some American soccerball team, for which he'll earn an obscene fortune the jammy fuckwit.
Haven't read the rest of the posts in this thread, no doubt I'm not the first person onto it but fuckinell, he'll be on his way to being a dollar billionaire if he's lucky.
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:18 pmby dawson99
good luck to the bloke i say. when he plays he gives 100%, so who cares why people buy him, good luck to the guy
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:40 pmby JC_81
No way would I want Beckham and the circus that surrounds him at LFC.
He's slower and heavier than the player that left England, not to mention being completely shot of confidence since England axed him.
I also think his set piece deliveries (which used to be the best in the world bar none) are nowhere near what they used to be, probably because he hasn't put the time in on the training field practicing them like he did at United - he's too much of a celebrity for that now.
His pride won't let him move back to England for someone like Bolton or Spurs and neither will his wench. I think the rumours of him winding down his career in the States are far nearer the mark.
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:49 pmby dawson99
it actually works out that he is gonna be on less than michael ballack... if u look at all figures... so again the media just trying to wind up the public
An annual salary of $10m
His existing sponsorship contracts with his four sponsors - Motorola, Pepsi, Gillette and Volkswagen - is estimated to be worth $25m
His merchandising shirt sales will bring in $10m
His share of the club profits: $10m
That adds up to $55m. Multiply it by five and you get well over $275m which is the latest figure being hammed around
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Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:30 pmby weringo
Well the BBC say he has signed a deal worth £128 over 5 years and they are the most reliable news source around, I wouldnt be surprised either, he would make a club over in the US well over £25m a year.
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:00 amby zarababe
Wow awesom deal whatever you think of the guy, what a deal - only in America ay 
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:33 pmby supersub
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:18 pmby CardinalRed
The LA Galaxy ain't all that..... If you were to compare them to a Prem' side you'd pick a Fulham or a Middlesboro'. The balance of power in the MLS tips in favour of the east coast..... I hope the New England Revolution (coached by Stevie Nicol) give 'em a towelling when they play them.
Oh, and when they play the Houston Dynamo (featuring Paul Dalglish) I hope Kenny's lad gives him a tap or two on the ankles!!!
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:18 pmby stmichael
At the end of the day, I suppose he will put ar$es in seats.
After all, who else would watch him?
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:06 pmby liverpool009
you dont have to have pace beckham can pace the ball from anywhere Dwight Yorke and Ruud van Nistelrooy love him he was a great player but if i was offered £128million a year i would go would u not?
Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:57 pmby Big Niall
He was a great player?
I can name no international tournament that he played well in. Can you?
Don't believe the hype.
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:07 pmby woof woof !
There's a lot of lemons in here who need to grow up . Beckham's a working class fella who made the most of his ability , if he'd played for us you'd all be singing a different song .
£128 million for five years work ? I say good luck to the fella , he's obviously got more brain than most of us gave him credit for.
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Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:29 pmby JoeTerp
I really hope this ends up being a trend in the US, and other Football superstars from europe choose to come to the States to finish their career, not to improve the play, but to give me a chance to watch some of the best players ever, even if they are past their prime. But this should create more interest in the MLS pumping more money into the league, which can be used to bring in young Mexican, Argentinian, and Brazilian talent, which can improve the overall quality of football in the league, and then the sky is the limit.