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Tottenham still dreaming D. Beckham
The coach of Tottenham, Harry Redknapp wants David Beckham still hiring. He was willing to wait until the end of the contract of former England captain with the Los Angeles Galaxy in November.
David Beckham
Redknapp’s attempt to hire Beckham under a loan failed last month, but the midfielder has still trained with the club. Redknapp said he could return to the charge at the end of the year, although Beckham will be 36 years.
Beckham, Cristiano and Kaka top the list of richest footballers
David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are leading the list of the richest football players, according to the list drawn up annually by the U.S. magazine ‘Forbes’, published on Thursday.
Despite being in the latter part of his career, Beckham, 35, remains the richest footballer with annual revenues of $ 40 million (30 million euros) thanks to advertising contracts it has with companies such as Adidas Giorgio Armani and Motorola.
At the current Milan player, by assignment of the Los Angeles Galaxy, is next in the list of Real Madrid midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, who won 30 million dollars (22.5 million euros) in 2009.
Nike, Coca-Cola and Armani are among the firms to Ronaldo, 25, lends his image and that supplement the income received by the club merengue, who signed a six-year contract with a pay of 15 5 million dollars (11.6 million euros) for the first season at the club.
To that amount plus 25 percent more each year.
Kaka, 28, is third in the list of the richest players with annual revenues of $ 25 million (18.7 million euros).
The rest of the list
Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Messi, Lampard, Terry, Ibrahimovic, Gerrard and Rooney complete the ‘top-10′ of the players with more income, a list that has been developed taking into account salaries, incentives and advertising revenue of the players .
Beckham suffered a “serious injury”
The England midfielder to AC Milan David Beckham, who is out injured left foot at the end of the game against Chievo Sunday night, suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon, provides Sky Sport Italy.
“A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected, then wrote the Milanese club on its website, while the number two club, Adriano Galliani, has ensured that the player would” probably absent for five or six months “.
“I have seen and suffered, continued the officer, quoted by the Ansa agency. In the locker room, I took him in my arms and I told him that if he wanted, he will be with us next year. ”
Also according to Ansa, Beckham is expected to fly on Monday to Finland, where he would be operated by a specialist in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Sakari Orava.
If the nature of the injury was confirmed, it would thus prevent most likely the former England captain, 34 years to participate in the World-2010 in South Africa, the last great challenge of his career.
Beckham left the field limping, unable to clearly not resting on his left foot. He had suddenly stopped playing a few seconds before without there has been any impact.
“The injury to David hurts us,” said Leonardo, the Milan coach, not officially confirm the nature of the injury.
“It is a very important victory tonight, but the injury prevents us from really enjoy,” he continued. It is a major injury he will have to assess the severity. ”
“He (Beckham) has understood immediately what had happened, then said Scolari, because when the tendon ruptures can feel the muscle ‘back’.”
“David was very ill. When it happened, it does not seem much, but finally it seems to be quite a serious injury,” provided a little later the Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf, the author of winning goal.
“He (Beckham) is not well,” said Ignazio Abate side. In hot, I’d say it’s a serious injury. He was in tears (in the locker room), he has not talked much. That we greatly affected.
Like last season, former player of Manchester United and Real Madrid on loan for six months with AC Milan over the Galaxy in Los Angeles. By playing regularly with the current second in Serie A, he hoped to convince Fabio Capello, the Italian coach of England, to take him to the World.
Recovery Seedorf AC Milan and the championship
A sumptuous strike from Dutch Clarence Seedorf in any end game (90 +1) helped AC Milan beat Chievo, a success that allows the club to return to Milan just one point behind leaders Inter.
Entered into play in the 79th minute to replace Pirlo, Seedorf made a very foolish to Milan, which hitherto consistently stumbled on the excellent defense of Chievo. Four days after removal of the Champions League and received the blow to Manchester (4-0), this victory to Milan not “Gamberger” and, importantly, significantly increase the pressure on the defending champion.
Two days after the defeat of Inter in Catania (3-1) – which came after four draws in five days previous to the Nerazzurri – this successful recovery so good for the championship, a month ago still, however, already seemed played.
Chievo, meanwhile, who has played very well, can consider himself injured after being denied for offside goal, however valid the Colombian defender Yepes late in the first period (44).
Beckham denies recent rumors
The England midfielder David Beckham insists he has no plans to retire after the next World Cup to be held this summer in South Africa.
The daily The Sun reported in its Saturday edition that the player of the Los Angeles Galaxy – whose services are currently leased by the AC Milan – was planning to retire and return to England following the competition.
But in an interview with The Associated Press Sunday, Beckham said: “I always said I would continue playing after the World Cup and it will not change.
Since his arrival in Milan, he started three games and played all 90 minutes of the match in the 4-0 win for AC Milan against Siena on Sunday.
Beckham returns to Italy, It already is training with AC Milan
The English suffered in camp at Milanello with the rest of the team, the first session after the holidays. Will remain until the end of the season to convince Capello to take him to South Africa
David Beckham at the Milanello training camp
MILAN, 28 December 2009 – David Beckham does not want to waste time. Just four hours after his return to Italy, English is made the suit for AC Milan play the first training session of his second life in the Rossoneri. The Englishman has taken the field at 15, greeted with applause from the rest of the team, to work for the first time since the Christmas holidays. Former Los Angeles Galaxy played the whole session with their teammates.
The Milan is becoming interested in the transfer of Beckham in January
Fabio Capello has warned David Beckham that if you do not become a European club can not go to the World South Africa, so Milan has become a concern for their assignment.
AC Milan would be interested in obtaining the transfer of the English midfielder from Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham, from next January, as happened last season, according to the spokesperson of the player.
“The Milan has publicly expressed interest in securing the transfer of David like this year, but no new news to return this coming season,” said the spokesman of former player of Real Madrid to the Reuters news agency.
David Beckham
Beckham returned to England in the selection of the second part of last season while playing in the ceded Milan in Serie A in Italy.
The English national team, the Italian Fabio Capello, said recently that mediocentro require damming of the Galaxy for Europe to have any chance of contesting the upcoming World of South Africa in 2010.