El Milán tenía de plazo hasta el pasado viernes para llegar a un acuerdo con el Galaxy sobre el centrocampista inglés. Los italianos ofrecieron hasta ahora algo más de siete millones de dólares por el jugador, mientras que el equipo estadounidense pide más del doble.
Aunque según la cadena británica BBC, David tendría la posibilidad de 'comprar su libertad', ya que el contrato millonario que firmó con el equipo estadounidense, en 2007 (por cinco años), contiene una cláusula que permite al jugador cumplir su 'sueño italiano' y una opción de abandonar el club en octubre sin compensación.
Victoria gana la partida
Sin embargo, la que parece estar encantada con el futuro de su marido es Victoria Beckham. La cantante se ha adaptado tan bien a su nueva vida en Los Ángeles que no ocultó su disgusto ante la posibilidad de tener que trasladarse a Milán. Son numerosas las amistades que la ex Spice Girl tiene en la ciudad estadounidense.Eva Longoria, Katie Holmes, Jennifer López o Kate Beckinsale forman su grupo de íntimas amigas.
"Jugar en Italia es el sueño de cualquier futbolista, volver a Estados Unidos después de jugar en Europa otra vez, es frustrante", ha dicho su marido. Pero parece que los deseos de David no son suficiente para que Victoria abandone a su glamouroso círculo hollywoodiense. Este mismo fin de semana ha acudido a la Semana de la Moda de Nueva York, donde se puso al día en lo que a tendencias de moda se refiere en compañía de Eva Longoria. No obstante, la ex spice ha mostrado estos meses el apoyo a su marido. Ha intentado viajar hasta la ciudad italiana para estar con él siempre que ha podido. Durante las vacaciones de Navidad, por ejemplo, la artista no dudó en trasladarse hasta allí junto a sus hijos para pasar las fiestas en familia.
Gracias a Eric!
English:
DAVID Beckham is set to return to Los Angeles Galaxy next month after head coach Bruce Arena revealed that AC Milan failed to produce an 'acceptable offer' before Friday night's deadline.
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Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber had warned the Italian club, where Beckham is on a short-term loan, it had to agree a deal by the deadline if it wanted to sign the England midfielder permanently.
But Arena, coach and general manager of the Galaxy, issued a statement saying no transfer materialised and Beckham, 33, will return when the loan expires.
'Today's deadline imposed by Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber regarding a resolution of David Beckham's potential transfer to AC Milan has passed and we did not receive an acceptable offer for the player.
'As a result, David remains an LA Galaxy player and we look forward to having him back with the club starting 9 Mar.'
Move
In reality a move could still go through despite the deadline imposed by the Americans.
Garber set the time limit as both the Galaxy, opposing teams and league officials step up preparations for the new season - with Beckham's presence significantly affecting ticketing and team affairs.
Garber, who would have to approve any deal, said in the week: 'There is no reason why this should drag on.
'They either want to do it or don't want to do it. This Friday we need to know if they want to buy David Beckham or not.
'What they need to realise is that we are getting very close to the start of our season,' he said.
'We have to figure out what plans we need to make and if David Beckham is going to be a part of those plans.'
Milan are still keen to sign Beckham and the player wants to remain in Serie A, so a deal could well be reached in the next few days.
However, the chief executive of Galaxy owners AEG, Tim Leiweke, told the Los Angeles Times that Milan did not meet Friday's deadline and that no late offer would be considered.
'He will be back here on 9 Mar, and we don't want to entertain any more conversations now,' Leiweke said.
'It is a distraction to (Galaxy coach) Bruce Arena, the team and the fans, and we move on. That's the last we're going to talk about this.'
Offer
Asked what would happen should the Italian giants return with an improved offer now the deadline had passed, Leiweke was clear.
'They'll come back (with another offer), sure they will. But we owe it to our fans (not to consider it),' he said.
'They've been reading all these stories, and we lose credibility by the day. That's not fair. We owe it to Bruce and we owe it to the rest of the team. We're a month away from our season.'
Last week, the Galaxy rejected Milan's first bid for Beckham, saying the England midfielder would return to Los Angeles as scheduled unless the Italians came up with a higher offer.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti had urged the Rossoneri to go the extra mile in order to keep Beckham at the San Siro after the Englishman earned a regular spot in the starting XI since his arrival last month, and has set up goals and scored for the Rossoneri.
However, Leiweke insists Milan's offers have never come close to meeting AEG's and the league's asking price of more than £pounds;10 million ($21.7m).
'They've never been in the ballpark,' he said. 'What they've tried to do is use David and use us. We're not going to play that game any more. This has been extremely damaging and distracting for our team.
'I've been as courteous and as gracious as I possibly can out of respect for David, but now it's time to move on. We need to get David excited about the team we're building here and coming back.'
- PA Sport.
Transfer collapse will be addressed next week
DAVID Beckham and his advisers will consider their position next week after Los Angeles Galaxy said his permanent move to AC Milan had collapsed, his spokesman said yesterday.
Beckham, on loan to Milan until 9 Mar, has said he wants to stay at the Serie A club full-time but Major League Soccer imposed a Friday deadline which passed without agreement.
Galaxy now expect him to return next month.
'David is focused on the Milan derby this Sunday. We will be addressing this early next week,' Beckham's spokesman, Simon Oliveira, told Reuters.
Italian media speculated that a deal could still be reached by the parties irrespective of the arbitrary deadline set down by the MLS during the week.
Beckham has the option of buying out his contract and has a clause which means he can leave Galaxy for nothing in October.
Milan had no comment but coach Carlo Ancelotti was due to hold a news conference yesterday ahead of today's game with Inter-Milan.
- Reuters.
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