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Becks to Return to LA

With the Galaxy turning down AC Milan's initial offer, the expectation was that Milan would likely up the ante a bit and MLS and the AEG, the owner of the Galaxy, would come to a deal that would allow David Beckham to stay in Milan as he wished. After all, who wants the centerpiece of your marketing campaign to be vocally wanting to be somewhere else. Just ask the Red Sox - you saw how long it took to get rid of Manny.

However, it appears that the Galaxy overplayed their hand. Yesterday's deadline came and went with no new offer from Milan and now Becks will be back in LA next month as originally scheduled. He won't be happy and he has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave at the end of the season. He wants to be on the England 2010 World Cup team and does not believe the Galaxy are good enough to get him there. They have this season to convince him or they will lose at the end of the season and get nothing in return. They probably would have been better served sitting down with Milan and working out a deal. It's better to have cash in hand than an unhappy star.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).