10 Reasons David Beckham Should Stay With AC Milan

By: Daryl | February 4th, 2009

You thought all the transfer rumours would stop once the transfer window shut? You thought wrong.

There’s still the little matter of David Beckham to AC Milan. Goldenballs has hinted at wanting to stay in the past, but now it’s all out in the open – more or less – with Milan’s GM Adriano Galliani letting the world know that Becks definitely doesn’t want to return to LA on March 9th, as planned.

“His desire is to stay – he hasn’t hidden that – but it’s a problem between him and the Los Angeles Galaxy. ” said Galliani. “In this we, as a club, cannot get involved.”

Unless broadcasting the fact that Beckham wants to stay counts as getting “involved”. Which it does.

So, assuming Beckham’s lawyers can work something out with Galaxy, it’s more than likely that Beckham will be staying at the San Siro. Here are 10 Reasons Why David Beckham Should Stay With AC Milan:

1. Milan > Galaxy & Serie A > MLS. We can debate the various merits of those two teams and those two leagues, but you can’t argue with facts.

2. Reputation. The common consensus on Beckham was “washed up.” It’s taken just a handful of Serie A games for people to remember why Beckham was famous in the first place: he’s actually quite good at this sport.

3. Beckham’s not a young man anymore. He’s 33 years old. which means it’s nearly closing time on his career at the top. Now or never.

4. England. Beckham wants to play for England, but Fabio Capello wants him playing a good standard of football, and MLS doesn’t seem to impress Fabio.

5. LA Galaxy let Beckham down. Becks hasn’t been (wasn’t?) brilliant in LA, but he’s been playing on a nightmare of a team, with revolving personnel and no defence. If David Beckham came to stay at your house, and you gave him a bedroom that was actually a toilet, then you wouldn’t be surprised if he wanted to leave.

6. Job done in MLS. Beckham’s probably done all he can to raise the league’s profile. He’s sold a lot of jerseys, appeared in a lot of commercials, been on Letterman, Leno etc. The only way he could raise interest more is if the Galaxy actually won something. Which doesn’t look like happening.

7. MLS might be better off without him now. He definitely attracted some stargazers, but Beckham’s presence – with the schedule arranged to accommodate him, etc – only served to remind everyone that he was so much bigger than the league itself.

8. Five years was always too long. That contract was crazy. Not just because of the money involved, but because it lasted half a decade.

9. Brand Beckham. After being dropped by Pepsi, there was a general feeling that Brand Beckham was coming towards the end of its shelf-life. Being a Milan player will add a little more sparkle.

10. Beckham looks at home in a Milan shirt. He never looked comfortable in a Galaxy shirt – despite or maybe because of the Real Madrid inspired redesign.