It is generally believed in contemporary soccer that if any player has crossed thirty five years, his days in professional soccer are numbered and it holds more specifically true in club soccer where expectations are much higher than international competitions. Manchester United’s 35-year-old Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one such player who has recently been in the limelight for his 11th Swedish Player of the Year award on Monday and six goals in 11 Premier League matches this season, and since ManU show in the season has been like a disaster, it is being taken as the noteworthy contribution from a thirty five year old player despite having many world class young players in the side including Pogba who recently become the priciest player for the Red Devils. At this time, it is obvious Ibrahimovic would get support from his colleagues who have played with him in the past and former English captain David Beckham is one such player who has openly applauded the contribution made … [Read more...]
Beckham shares his dream to see kids play for his franchise
Former England captain David Beckham, the owner of new MLS franchise, reveals his dream to see his son playing for his team one day. Looking at his son and his addiction to his father’s favorite sport, it looks very likely that next decade would be the era to see both father and son engaging in a same game. His older son Brooklyn is 14 year old so fans would have to wait for next few years to see him shaking his legs on the field. The 38-year-old famous footballer is busy giving final touch to his investment in Miami. Actually, it is every player’s dream to see his next generation follow his footstep, but ultimately, it depends upon the degree of interest his next develop in this game. However, at the moment, Beckham is hopeful he would see his children playing for his MLS team and confidently answered when specifically asked by a journalist in an interview on Wednesday, he replied, “Yes, hopefully, hopefully. As long as the boys are happy, as long as they enjoy playing football and … [Read more...]
Beckham’s official good-bye to soccer
Former England captain David Beckham was off the pitch officially when PSG did not include him in the final squad for Sunday’s match with Lorient, which means, the player has now said goodbye to his most loving thing in the world: a soccer pitch. The star Englishman, who has ever been more popular than he deserves for his performances, has played 115 matches for England along with more than 600 club appearances for four different clubs in four different countries. More especially, he is the only English player to win four tiles playing for four different countries. The 38-year-old starlet played his last match last weekend against Brest and everyone was expecting him to play some more matches despite announcing his retirement last week. But, he decided to leave off right away and concentrate on his post retirement career. In fact, his last match was paused in between to cheer him and applaud his achievements. During his 20 years’ glorious soccer career, he played for Manchester United, … [Read more...]
David Beckham to own a MLS club
Former England captain David Beckham is being roared with offers since he announced his retirement few days ago and one of them is his role changeover for his current playing team PSG while he seems to be interested in owning his own club rather serving someone else. He, in fact, is among the players who always standby with their words and Beckham has said on several occasions that he wants to promote soccer in the US, and that is why, when he was with Los Angeles Galaxy, he deliberately added a clause in the contract where he would have to be the preferred buyer if Galaxy expends its franchisee in the future. Now, Beckham has exercised his that option and in talks with MLS officials over his possible club. Dan Courtemanche, MLS executive vice-president of communications, also confirmed this development by saying, “There have been preliminary discussions with his advisors. At some point in time he will exercise that option and we can go through the process of making sure it is the … [Read more...]
David Beckham not among top 1000 players: Waddle
In just two days of former England captain David Beckham’s retirement announcement, there have many comparisons being made to find out whether he is an ever successful player for England, coz on the record, he has won four silverwares playing for four different countries which is a record on papers. Even if we leave aside his paper records, there is no doubt about the fact that he has been one of the most loved soccer players England has ever produced and evidence is right here at PSG where he just concluded a short team deal; his every day over there was like a news source; perhaps his hotel room also used to be gathered by tens of media vans every time. His stay at PSG actually helped the club to surge its popularity, and after their title win, it was like icing on the cake for them. Now, when Beckham has declared his departure; another England winger Chris Waddle has said that despite his popularity and record, he is not even in the list of top 1000 players of last fifty years. This … [Read more...]