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| Beckham warming to Ferguson again as Real deal pales Simon Talbot in Madrid Tuesday October 24, 2006 The Guardian David Beckham has given his strongest hint yet that he would be prepared to bury the hatchet with Sir Alex Ferguson, opening up the possibility of a return to Old Trafford in the summer should Manchester United want him. Beckham's contract expires on June 30, 2007, when he will become available on a free transfer, aged 32. While Real Madrid's president, Ramón Calderón, has insisted on numerous occasions that Beckham is close to signing a new deal, it is extremely unlikely that there will be any agreement before January 1, when Beckham will officially be free to talk to other clubs. Despite Beckham's public declarations of commitment to Real Madrid, formal negotiations over a new deal simply never took place over two years of false starts and institutional chaos at Real Madrid. When talks did finally begin this month, it became clear that an important financial gap separated the two camps. Beckham has now started only one of the last six games and last weekend admitted he was growing frustrated at the Bernabéu. "I love playing football and if I don't do that, I can't be happy," Beckham said. "I feel frustrated as a footballer. I go over it again and again and can't find an explanation. It's really hard when I don't play and I feel sad every day. My future doesn't depend on [Fabio] Capello but if he says I am not going to play, then that's different." With Capello privately insisting that he sees Beckham as no more than a sqaud player, the Englishman's departure looks more likely than ever. The question now is where he could go. Ferguson's continued presence at Old Trafford has always been considered the greatest impediment to Beckham making a return to United. In his autobiography, Beckham blames Ferguson for his departure in 2003, describing the Scot's bitter reaction to a missed free-kick against Real Madrid in the spring of that year as the moment he realised that he had to leave. "His face told me everything I needed to know," Beckham wrote. "It's over. He wants me out." Now, though, he has admitted: "Perhaps [Ferguson] didn't want me to leave - and I don't believe that he would have wished me to have had no success. I have known Ferguson since I was 12 years old and we have only had one or two problems in all that time." Beckham has also praised Ferguson's coaching style, insisting that Madrid can succeed with Capello precisely because of his similarities to the Scot. "I like Capello because he is the coach who is most like Ferguson," he said. "He is strict in training, in the team hotel in the preparation for matches, in everything. That is how I like things to be." And, with three trophyless seasons at Real Madrid contrasting with his time at United, the former England captain has even explained away the infamous flying boot incident as an unfortunate accident and praised the Old Trafford atmosphere created by his former manager. "[The flying boot] was an accident after a bad game against Arsenal. It just was a gesture of frustration from the coach," Beckham said. "It's difficult to explain the lack of success [at Madrid] but sometimes if you are not a team then it is difficult. I was at Manchester United for 15 years and every day, in every game, every season we were a team. We won together and we lost together." Beckham added: "Going out to eat together is very important and we don't do it enough at Madrid. At United we used to go out together every fortnight - all the players eating together, even including Ferguson and all the coaching staff sometimes. But here it is different. In the three years I have been here we have only done it four times." |
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| Beckham: I miss Man United DAVID BECKHAM has admitted how much he misses Manchester United as his Real Madrid career hangs in the balance. Becks, 31, will snub a new two-year contract and head for the Real exit if he is unable to win back his place under boss Fabio Capello. Clubs in England, Italy and America are on standby to move for Beckham, who can leave for free at the end of the season when his current deal runs out. Beckham, who unexpectedly missed training yesterday, has made it clear he would only return to England if it was to rejoin United. Becks knows boss Alex Ferguson would have the final say. But he has stepped up the peace process by absolving Fergie for their infamous boot bust-up shortly before he left in 2003. He added: It was an accident. I've known Ferguson since I was 12-years-old and we have had one or two problems in that time. "Maybe he didn't want me to leave. I don't think there is any desire on his part for me not to have success. In every way, I hope my luck changes. Becks has also revealed his disappointment at how Real's players hardly mix. He added: I have friends, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Michel Salgado but we don't go out together enough. At Manchester I was there 15 years and every day, every match, we were united, win or lose. Source: The Sun |
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| His freekicks are adorable! |
| QUOTE (Christina @ Oct 24 2006, 09:09 PM) |
| i would love to see becks back at man. united :wub: ... i think this is the team he really loves! i like him a lot but since he moved to real he suddenly wasn't good... |
| QUOTE (Letizia @ Oct 25 2006, 03:06 AM) | ||
When I look back on it, I begin to wonder...Is it Real fault or is he the flop? :blink: I mean, he can't make it into first team in Real, so in the national team... :huh: |
| QUOTE (*zoe* @ Oct 24 2006, 05:53 PM) |
| I remember the 'shoe incident' but that was an 'accident'. :lol: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9338/dbeckham5uv6.jpg |
| QUOTE (**Eirini++** @ Oct 25 2006, 10:28 AM) | ||
What happened then exactly?? :noooo: |
| QUOTE (*zoe* @ Oct 25 2006, 07:43 AM) | ||||
Some years ago, Man.Utd was beaten by Arsenal and Ferguson was very mad, so he kicked a shoe and the shoe went to Becks face...You can see the results in the pic... |
| QUOTE (*zoe* @ Oct 25 2006, 07:10 AM) | ||||
If he doesnt't play for Real and sits on the bench...then he won't be in a good form and he won't play for England,too. :P That's what I think but I'm not so sure... :unsure: |
| QUOTE (syafiqah @ Oct 25 2006, 03:22 PM) |
| somehow, i pity becks..he was such a great guy, before he married that anorexic wife of his, and his form goes down the drain.... |
| QUOTE (Drizinha @ Oct 29 2006, 04:30 PM) |
| and I do believe he can show more.. |