Beckham agrees to LA Galaxy move

[threelions]

David Beckham will leave Real Madrid and join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy at the end of the season.

The 31-year-old former England captain will sign a five-year deal, reportedly worth £128m.



news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6248835.stm

[killian]

Quite a lucrative contract.

[threelions]

Very much so. But to get the most famous footballer in the world, i guess you need to pay big

[Doreen]

Conversion to US dollars...

a more realist shock for us that aren't use to pounds.

He signed a five-year contract potentially worth $250 million - which would make it one of the most lucrative deals in sports history. He stands to earn $1 million a week.



www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/16440484.htm


amazing.

[pinky]

Yes and absolutely ridiculous, imagine how many people you could help with that amount of money, how many mouths can be fed, how many children can go to college to get a decent education, how many people in New Orleans can be helped to rebuild their lives, and he has the audacity to say that it is not about money.

I am really annoyed that something like this can happen, how much money do you need to live? He is already stinking rich. And what annoys me even more is that the media here in the UK is spending a lot of time reporting on this, you can't escape from it.