From ESPN:
Livorno president Aldo Spinelli is confident Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will move to the Stadio Armando Picchi.
Spinelli has been in talks with Donovan’s agent and sponsors with a view to signing the 26-year-old.
However, any deal would likely be a short-term one. (more…)
Eddie G over at the LA Riot Squad just hit us with this Official Statement concerning the David Beckham X LA Riot Squad confrontation that went down Sunday night just after the halftime whistle between the LA Galaxy and AC Milan.
•What/why were we booing?
We want to support our teams and our players, and we do that week after week. We were really torn between our desire to support the team and the need to register our disappointment with the entire Beckham circus. We don’t fault David for his desire to play for his country and for playing abroad during the off season, but we do find fault with his stated desire to play in Europe rather than the Galaxy. After going out on loan last winter to Milan, Beckham shortly made it clear that he no longer wanted to play for the Galaxy. He returned this month only because he and Milan were unwilling to meet AEG/MLS’ price for a transfer, yet his public comments don’t reflect this reality. Rather, he has rather unbelievably said he is “fully committed” to the Galaxy, as if repetition can make it so. He has been unable or unwilling to show any understanding of why the fans are disappointed with his actions and choices. We chose a friendly match, one arranged as part of the payment by Beckham and Milan to extend his loan, to let him know that if he was unhappy to be here, we were unhappy too.
Read More after the Jump……
There goes Season Tickets….
David Beckham entered the Home Depot Center to mixed applause and boo’s, but left to a standing ovation….
“David Beckham received an ugly reception in his first home game with the Los Angeles Galaxy, getting booed and confronting a fan at halftime of his team’s 2-2 tie with AC Milan on Sunday night”.
Becks’ first match back in an Los Angeles Galaxy uniform and all the NY area boys on being back home.
David Beckham (L) talks with a trainer as teammate Landon Donovan strecthes following practice with the Los Angeles Galaxy for the first time this year following the extension of his loan with Italy’s AC Milan at The Home Depot Center on July 13, 2009 in Carson, California. Beckham missed the first 17 games of the Major League Soccer team’s 30 games this season.
Beckham fielded questions from the media about attempts to patch up differences with Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan and his long-term future with the team.
from the LA Times:
Just when we thought the David Beckham experiment — to borrow a popular phrase — would soon be coming to an end, there were signs Monday that it could be a longer-running production than expected. (more…)
