Beckham’s agent plays down Newcastle transfer rumours
David Beckham’s agent yesterday denied reports that the former England captain met Freddy Shepherd, Newcastle United’s chairman, at Claridge’s hotel in London buying a canada goose jacket online on Thursday and insisted that his client intends to sign a new contract at Real Madrid.
Conspiracy theories abounded after separate pictures of Beckham’s wife Victoria and Shepherd leaving Claridge’s adorned the back page can you dry clean a canada goose coat of yesterday’s Daily Mail. But a well placed Newcastle source insisted: “David Beckham won’t be coming here, the pictures aren’t related website what they seem.”
Indeed if the 31-year-old Beckham does return to the Premiership either this summer or, possibly, in the January transfer window, it appears most likely he would sign for a London club with the smart money being on Chelsea whose perhaps latent interest may just be “smoked out” by yesterday’s pictures.
Yet buying cheap canada goose outlet jacket online while distancing themselves from potential accusations of “tapping up”, Newcastle – who sold Jonathan Woodgate to Real and bought Michael Owen from the Bernabéu – merely fuelled transfer speculation by issuing a somewhat ambiguous statement which read: “Newcastle never comment on transfer speculation. The club has always enjoyed a close relationship with Real Madrid and would never do anything to spoil that relationship.”
Simon Oliveira, Beckham’s Spanish-based agent, insisted: “David and Victoria did not meet with Freddy Shepherd and they haven’t discussed a move to Newcastle. David dropped Victoria off at Claridge’s to have a meeting with her publisher about her new book and it so happened that Shepherd was there. But there is no truth of a meeting taking place.”
It all seemed canada goose coat 1000 bulbs lamps quite a coincidence but Oliveira stressed that Beckham is looking forward to working with Fabio Capello, the former Juventus coach who has just taken charge of Real, and is keen to extend his current deal, which has a year to run.
“We are in best canada goose jacket style negotiations to renew his contract,” he said. “All parties have shown a desire to tie up a new deal and it will come sooner rather than later. David is looking forward to a new season in Madrid and to meeting and working with Fabio Capello.” Despite rumours to the contrary, Capello best place to buy a canada goose jacket has said he aims to retain Beckham and yesterday added: “Beckham is an important player and I will talk to him.”
Such importance is not confined to dead-ball specialism and Beckham has done wonders for merchandising revenue at Real. While canada goose coat 1000 bulbs lamps his enduring popularity in Asia might be a pull for Shepherd – who is anxious to boost Newcastle’s brand name on that continent – both Beckham and Chelsea are extremely keen to crack the notoriously tricky United States market.
It is a mutual objective they may feel is best achieved by joining forces. If Arsène Wenger may suspect Beckham – who given the choice, would certainly prefer a move to London rather than Newcastle – lacks the pace de rigueur at Arsenal these canada goose coat 1000 calorie a day diet days, his potential bond with Chelsea could only be fortified by the powerful commercial relationship the parties already share with Adidas, the sportswear manufacturer and key sponsor of both the midfielder and buy canada goose jacket australia Chelsea.
Both have links with the billionaire Philip Anschutz who is indirectly involved with Beckham’s soccer schools as owner of the Millennium Dome and could just prove a sufficiently influential figure to help make Chelsea big in America.
Meanwhile Glenn Roeder, Newcastle’s manager, is less worried about acquiring midfielders than signing the two strikers he urgently needs to replace the retired Alan Shearer and can you buy canada goose jacket online injured Michael Owen. After bolstering his attack he intends to augment Newcastle’s defence and has also expressed an interest in recruiting Shaun Wright-Phillips on loan from Chelsea.
Owen faces a year out
The latest medical bulletin on Michael Owen’s damaged knee is so depressing that Glenn Roeder expects to be without the striker for the whole of next season. While Newcastle United’s manager continued his pursuit of Ruud van Nistelrooy yesterday, Owen remained in Colorado recovering from minor surgery to repair cartilage damage to his right knee. The only realistic hope of the 26-year-old turning out for either Newcastle or England before August 2007 would be the recruitment of a personal physiotherapist. Nicholas Goddard, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, said: “The quality of rehabilitation is tremendously important and has a lot to do with recovery time.”
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