David Beckham To Coach At World Cup
Lighter?
David Beckham is to accept an offer to travel to the World Cup finals as a full-time member of Fabio Capello’s coaching staff. The former England captain has been invited to work in South Africa, acting as an intermediary between manager and players, and assisting on the training ground.
He ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan in March and is not scheduled to return to action until October.
Given that the Italian is not known for his communication skills, he is believed to see Beckham as a useful conduit. Having worked under Capello at Real Madrid, as well as with England, Beckham knows the manager’s methods. He will be asked to explain to individual players what Capello expects from them.
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WTF: David Beckham
Prune Hands
No this isn’t photoshopped, it’s the real deal of David Beckham and British comedian James Corden together in the lou. Sorry I’m just a bloody Yank that is not a fan of Monty Python nor Corden and I will never understand British humor.
David Beckham Tears Achilles Tendon Leaving World Cup In Doubt
Karma?
David Beckham will more than likely miss the World Cup after tearing his left Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan.
Bidding to become the first English player to appear in four World Cups, Beckham was injured without getting hit during AC Milan’s 1-0 Italian League win over visiting Chievo Verona.
With only a few minutes remaining and the score 0-0, Beckham was by himself with the ball at his feet, shifted his weight and reached a hand down to his left heel. Beckham then stood up and snapped his wrists like he was breaking a twig in half in a gesture to show the AC Milan bench he knew the tendon was broken.
Visibly in pain and in tears, Beckham went to the sideline for medical attention, leaving Milan a man short because all three substitutes had been used.
Beckham kept repeating “It’s broken, it’s broken,” when he came off the pitch.
Manchester United Ban Players From Speaking On Anti-Glazer Movement
Solidarity
Manchester United is so concerned about the increasing rise of the green-and-gold protests that the club have effectively forbidden Sir Alex Ferguson’s players from speaking about it publicly and imposed a series of other measures aimed at counteracting the kind of publicity generated by David Beckham’s endorsement of the campaign.
Beckham’s parting statement after United’s 4-0 defeat of Milan on Wednesday, leaving the pitch with a protest scarf around his neck, is being described as “an iconic moment” by the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST), and senior figures at Old Trafford are worried about the significance of the most famous sportsman on the planet attaching himself to a movement aimed at deposing the ruling Glazer family.
In response the club have already:
- Banned players from discussing the campaign in the media.
- Forbidden the in-house TV station, MUTV, from referring to the rebellion and edited questions about it from broadcasts of Ferguson’s press conferences.
- Ejected a supporter from the audience of an MUTV show after he refused to remove a green-and-gold scarf.
- Sacked a steward after 19 years’ service for attempting to return a confiscated anti-Glazer banner to its owners.
The club has reluctantly accepted the protests will continue for as long as the Glazers are in power. The initial hope inside the Old Trafford boardroom was that the protests would eventually fade out but the club’s attempts to quell the uprising have been unsuccessful. Protests were so widespread during the Milan game that security had to abandon its usual policy of trying to remove the many banners criticizing the Glazers.
Beckham produced the perfect publicity coup for the organization MUST as their membership has now passed 130,000 and has set up an appointment with the Japanese investment bank Nomura to advise the alliance of wealthy United followers who are planning a takeover bid.
David Beckham Joins Fans In Protest Of Glazer Ownership
Solidarity
David Beckham joined in the campaign to oust the Glazer family from Manchester United ownership when he left the pitch wearing the green and gold scarves that have come to symbolize the fans protests against the club’s owners.
Fans have traded in their red and white scarves for yellow and green, signifying the original colors of the franchise and sending a clear message to the Glazers that running this once-rich franchise into immense financial debt is not acceptable.
It marked Beckham’s first trip back to Old Trafford since leaving Manchester United in 2003, and after mockingly booing the former United captain, the crowd gave him a rousing salute. After the stirring reception Beckham picked up the scarf after it was thrown from the Stretford End on a night when Malcolm Glazer’s sons, Joel and Avram, were inside the stadium to witness the scale of antipathy towards their ownership of the club.
Beckham’s act of public sympathy and solidarity overshadowed two more goals from Wayne Rooney, brings his total to 30, in his pursuit of emulating Cristiano Ronaldo’s total of 42 last season. Rooney’s now has 21 goals in his last 21 games.
Adidas Soccer Commercial Featuring Zinedine Zidane,David Beckham & Steven Gerrard
Kinda reminds me of the early 90′s McDonald’s commercial with Larry Bird and Michael Jordan matching each others shots. Still a commercial packed with Zidane, Gerrard is pretty awesome…I know I didn’t mention the other lad but he gets enough pub as it is.
