Beckham's contract, Gooch at Chelsea?
First, and importantly, this SI article by Grant Wahl essentially confirms that Beckham has become a co-owner with the LA Galaxy. He will earn 40- to 50-percent of all Galaxy jersey sales for the life of his contract, and will share an undisclosed percentage of ticket revenues.
Wow. (Pause). Wow.
The owner of the LA Galaxy is responsible for $48M of Beckham's contract, and the MLS is responsible for $2M. I suppose that is good news. The MLS always feels shaky to me, but the Galaxy owner has $7.6B. He can afford a $48M gamble. Or even a $250M gamble, if that figure represents lost revenue.
Interesting second-hand quote from the Galaxy owner on Beckham's signing: "This is a good idea. We need to do this for the league, because if we're ever going to expand our rating and our audience and get credibility in our country we're going to need a star to break through." So, a gamble. An interesting one, too.
Finally, Gooch: From the Gaurdian: "Indeed, although (Chelsea) have tried to placate their manager with the promise of at least one signing - likely to be either of the defenders Tal Ben Haim or Oguchi Onyewu - the board's decision to defer serious discussion of the issue to the summer suggests Mourinho's power is waning."
The British press are ridiculously unreliable — a damn laughingstock they are — but I'm somehow willing to pass this nugget along. As if I needed another reason to root Blue!
Wow. (Pause). Wow.
The owner of the LA Galaxy is responsible for $48M of Beckham's contract, and the MLS is responsible for $2M. I suppose that is good news. The MLS always feels shaky to me, but the Galaxy owner has $7.6B. He can afford a $48M gamble. Or even a $250M gamble, if that figure represents lost revenue.
Interesting second-hand quote from the Galaxy owner on Beckham's signing: "This is a good idea. We need to do this for the league, because if we're ever going to expand our rating and our audience and get credibility in our country we're going to need a star to break through." So, a gamble. An interesting one, too.
Finally, Gooch: From the Gaurdian: "Indeed, although (Chelsea) have tried to placate their manager with the promise of at least one signing - likely to be either of the defenders Tal Ben Haim or Oguchi Onyewu - the board's decision to defer serious discussion of the issue to the summer suggests Mourinho's power is waning."
The British press are ridiculously unreliable — a damn laughingstock they are — but I'm somehow willing to pass this nugget along. As if I needed another reason to root Blue!
Labels: David Beckham, oguchi onyewu
posted by Chris at 4:58 PM
3 Comments:
I just read that Gooch is cup tied to his Belgian team, which would mean that he couldn't play in the Champions League for Chelsea. (He already played in the CL for Standard, the Belgian team).
So, I'm not sure if that is a blow to his Chelsea chances, but it seems likely.
News here is that Abramovich wants to bring in a buddy of his, like Ben Haim an Israeli, to act as an assistant coach. His name's Avram Grant and he's over at Portsmouth now, a job that Abramovich got for him. Also there are related reports Abramovich and Mourhino aren't on speaking terms.
Unfortunately for Gooch and Chris, I think the Ben Haim deal is the one that's going to go through, possibly in the next day or so.
No better evidence that Ben Haim is nearly a Blue as today's announcement that Chelsea were pulling out of talks. The British media have taught me cynicism.
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