Beckham going to America

With Fabio Capello given the England job, Beckham should be really regretting going to the MLS. Isn’t just baffling that David Beckham, who turned down the chance to stay at Real Madrid (and possibly win another La Liga title), play in Serie A (with Inter Milan or AC Milan and possibly win a Scudetto), Premier league and the French league. At 31, at the time, he could have played two more seasons and possibly win more trophies while at it. The baffling part is that here’s a player who claims he values playing for England, and wants to keep playing for as long as he can, while dreaming of breaking the 100 caps mark. He is by no means past his sell by date, from the few times he played for England under Mclaren abysmal reign, he was by far one of the better players on the pitch. Now with Capello in charge, wouldn’t playing top Italian league football in the Serie A have done his chances a world of good? Somehow the whole idea of winning the American public over to football seems to be one of those self-justification excuses (and the disneyfication of football is not the way to do it) – he was a marketing gimmick, to fill stadiums and earn some cash from endorsements and media appearences.  I think earning £480,000 per week, and £25.6 million a year did it. But wait, he’s opening soccer schools and helping the kids! What a dumb decision. As the novelty runs out, he’ll be forgotten — give it a season or so. At least LA Gaxy and Beckham would have made some money. Anyway, here’s a list of famous players who went stateside.