Re: Spurs Thread: Defoe is god !
I found this interesting. Have a read if you have time:
"Beckham to join Spurs??!!! defoe18 - 123rd post - 13 Jan 2005 09:42
Just found this on Square Football...they do come out with some funny articles don't they!
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To paraphrase Kevin Keegan if you add two and two together you can get four, or three or five. But I think that there are sufficient pieces available to solve the puzzle of why David Beckham could move to the white half of north London. Bear with me on this one.
1. Spurs need a right sided midfielder. That isn’t to say that Beckham is the only available right sided midfielder – or even the cheapest. But if available his arrival could be the kind of talismanic signing that Klinnsmann or Ardiles/Villa were. He is the kind of signing that Spurs need.
2. David Beckham has Spurs connections. Beckham trained at Spurs before joining up with Manchester United at 16. Beckham may have been born in Leytonstone Hospital but he grew up in Chingford – which is much more of a Tottenham constituency. Admittedly Beckham is unlikely to move back to the area – but he is sure to have fond memories of the area.
3. Beckham is probably available because Real Madrid are likely to replace him. David Beckham’s 2004 has been desperate, and he is hanging on to his place with little more than the force of his personality. He was in the press today suggesting that he was expecting new players to arrive in Madrid, and openly suggesting that he may be replaced. Beckham is probably as close as he has been to date to returning to England.
4. David Beckham needs to come back to England. His time in Madrid has been beset by unsettling tales regarding his marriage, fidelity, attitude, future and even retirement. If Beckham does not come home his career may well be unnecessarily curtailed. Beckham has more than 18 month worth of football left in his legs.
5. Spurs offer a ‘safe’ option for Beckham. Football rivalries being as they are Beckham would have two choices of return. He could try for Chelsea or Arsenal with the probability that he would alienate his Manchester United connections. Given that Beckham has only 3 or 4 seasons left at most this is an unlikely calculation. A challenging side that would be his enemys' enemy would be the best choice if a sentimental return to Old Trafford is ruled out.
It’s ludicrous to suggest that Tottenham would shell out the £10m or so that Madrid would require for a cash purchase of Beckham. But his value as a talisman for a greater future for Spurs may make that worth it. But a loan deal that would enable Beckham to come home, play football and save his marriage – without alienating anyone – sounds like the kind of win-win situation that must merit consideration.
A revitalised and pivotal Beckham, with lots of young legs in midfield to protect him, would revel in the new swashbuckling Spurs style.
Spurs transfer swoops these days are rarely flagged up in advance and this writer claims no inside knowledge. But in this madcap football world if two and two still make four then David Beckham can be a Spurs player later this month."
