No Real Stay For Beckham

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, there had been talk that Real Madrid had been trying to persuade David Beckham to remain at the club for a further season due to some kind of escape clause in his new LA Galaxy contract. However the former England captain has apparently now dismissed any hope of Los Blancos keeping him at the Bernabeu after this season.

Beckham appears to be thinking about what the future holds

Amazing really, 6 months ago, Beckham had been cast aside by England (well, new boss McClaren) and also his club coach Fabio Capello, who said he would never play for Real again. However Becks doesn’t ap[pear to be the type of guy who would let such little set backs upset him and through a combination of hard work, determination, a belief that he would turn things around and crucially a couple of injuries to team mates, Beckham got himself back into the Real team and the rest, as they say is history.

Not only have Real been trying to keep him but he's also back playing for his country. It's never over until that fat lady sings!! And she has obviously returned to the dressing room to warm up again.

Anyway Beckham, who signed a deal with LA in January on the back of all that happen (above), has said: "I've had no contact with the president about anything. My last game for Real will be on Sunday. There is no clause with Los Angeles saying it could be changed."

Beckham, who is now 32 and coming to the last act of his career, moved to Madrid in 2003. Should Real beat Real Mallorca at the Bernabeu on Sunday he will win his first trophy with the club in his last game. I'm sure he thought he would be winning many more than that when he put pen to paper.

Beckham also said, "I've played for Real Madrid for four years. It has been an incredible time. Hopefully, it will end with winning the league but this is it."

And he has also admitted that this season had been the hardest of his career having spent much of it out of favour with club and country. But the turnaround since the new year has impressed Real officials, especially his attitude since the fall-out over his decision to leave for the MLS.

His decision to sign with LA in January really did upset Real and Capello. Saying he would never play for the first-team again, that's not taking it well. However the President, Calderon, took it even worse claiming that Beckham would be, "an average cinema actor living in Hollywood." That was a bit catty! However such comments backfired a little because they prompted Beckham's team mates to throw their backing behind him. And at Real there is such a thing as player power. Just look at Rául! I sometimes think he actually runs the club.

Almost predictably, Real are now stating that they were in the process of offering Beckham a new deal when he decided to sign with the Galaxy. Yes, of course you were! But Beckham said Real's failure to make him a contract renewal offer was behind his decision to leave the nine-times European champions and sign for the Galaxy.

"I first realised I would be leaving Real Madrid six months ago in January when I was told my contract wouldn't be renewed," said Beckham.

"That was the time when I knew I had to decide my future. Leaving a club like Real Madrid is very difficult but I think my future is bright and it's something I'm really looking forward to now.

"It was a difficult time and there were many other things going on around the club related to my position other than what was going on the football pitch.

"I definitely agree that there was more to it than the manager, but I'm not going to criticise Fabio Capello because I have too much respect for him as a person and as a manager.

"It has been possibly the toughest season of my career on and off the field. I've gone through things that I never thought were possible.

"I'm sad to be leaving, I didn't expect to be leaving, but everyone knows what has happened in the last six months. It was the most difficult time of my career, not being involved in training and matches and certain things being said that weren't true.

"But the most important thing is the game on Sunday, what has gone on before doesn't matter now.

"It is a big opportunity for me to win a trophy. That is what I came to the club for, not just to play with the likes of Raul, Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, Roberto Carlos and everybody else, but to win trophies and hopefully we can do that on Sunday."

The La Liga title would be a fitting finale for Beckham and I certainly wouldn't bet against him holding the trophy aloft in front of the Bernabeu faithful on Sunday. The man does seem to live the film star life and such an ending would be right out of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Perhaps Hollywood is the perfect place to end his career.

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