Words From & On Becks

By: fetyani | February 6th, 2009

A lot of talk is going around these days around Beckham’s future. Will he go back to L.A Galaxy on March 9th? Or will he stay with Milan? In the past 3 days he went from going back for sure to staying for sure. Nothing is tangible, rumors flying all around the world. Many people have been talking about it; it’s not even funny anymore. When you see his name “Beckham” on the non-sport daily news in Canada/North America and is up there with Super Bowl news and other N.American Sport news, you know it’s big. My friends, who know nothing about soccer are asking me “is Beckham really staying at AC Milan?!”. Sport shows here too are actually really talking about the subject, even though they don’t have all their facts straight, but they’re at least trying. If anything, all the Sport Analysts, even though you can say they barely know anything about this, they all point out that he should stay because that’s obviously what’s best for the athlete.

This is the latest from Beckham to Il Corriere Dello Sport, he says it out and loud.

“At the moment Milan are more important to me than the money,”

“I want to think about football first and about my career. “

“It’s important for me to be allowed to stay at Milan permanently so I can have the chance to play regularly and to be part of England’s World Cup 2010 squad.”

“I haven’t spoken to the Galaxy yet, but someone is doing this on my behalf. I am really hoping that a deal can be reached.”

“I had a feeling I would do well, but I didn’t expect to have so much fun,” added the Englishman. “The approach during training and the atmosphere are the best I have ever experienced in my entire football career.”

“[Carlo] Ancelotti is an important coach and, when you enter the dressing room, you begin to feel the great atmosphere.”

“[Paolo] Maldini has also helped me settle down. He has charisma and personality and he is a great friend.”

L.A Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena waving the white flag?!

“Whatever happens happens,”

“Whichever the outcome of the deal, it will be for the good of the club. This is a deal and we are waiting to see exactly what happens, which is the same as what we usually do with any other Galaxy deal.”

“Of course, we will always put the needs of the club and team first.”

“I just hope that all the news about Beckham does not create any distractions or complications for my players during our preparations.”

Words from former Coach Sir Alex Ferguson,

“It would be the most natural thing he could do, to get back into the real hotbed of football,”

“This is a golden moment for the lad and I think he’ll take it.”

“If the two clubs can work out a deal then I think it will happen.”

“If they [Milan] give him that opportunity it would be silly not to take it,”

“He’s had a spell at Galaxy and, fine, they’ve paid him an awful lot of money and they should have some loyalty from him.”

“But being selfish, if I was given the chance to go to Milan, I would take it. There’s no chance he can do it in two years.”

Arsenal French boss Wenger,

“Any person in life wants to play at the best level and going to the States is going down. You never do that without feeling not right somewhere. “

“He was lucky because he’s David Beckham so he could rectify that and come back to the top level.”

“I personally encourage my players to play as high as they can because that’s where you want to be, so I am not surprised he [Beckham] made that decision.”

Words of appraisal from former Milan ace Jose Altafini,

“I have always said that there aren’t many players who are able to change a game,”

“[Diego] Maradona, Pele, Kaka and [Lionel] Messi are examples.”

“Beckham doesn’t quite fall into that category, but he does give something extra to the team. He is like the icing on the cake and he makes a difference.”

“He is a serious player and he is always training well. He has integrated well in Milan and he is doing great. It’s extraordinary.”

And Finally from the pitbull himself Ringhio Gattuso,

“He wants to stay. I can sense it by watching him in training,”

“Let’s call a spade a spade: he could only dream about experiencing what he feels here if he goes back to the United States.”

“He never wastes a single ball and nobody really expected him to make such an impact. It seems like he has been with us for ages.”

Milan will play Reggina on Saturday before the big derby next week against Inter. On Saturday Beckham in expected to play alongside Ambrosini & Flamini (Pirlo is suspended) and reports are claiming Ronaldinho might start with Kaka & Pato infront of him.

Until Then…
Forza Milan! & Forza Beckham!