I try to follow soccer. I really do, but some of the player movement just doesn’t make any sense to me. Transfers, I can figure that out. It’s just a stupid word for “trades.” But the concept of loaning out players–quality players that have such a finite shelf life as it as–that just boggles my GD mind. So if any of you have any insight about this David Beckham going-to-AC-Milan-and-then-five-months-later-returning business, by all means, jump in. One fan tried to do just that in Beckham’s MLS return to LA last night:
At halftime, Beckham walked toward the L.A. Riot Squad section and motioned to a fan to come closer. A man jumped down from the seats and was subdued by security before being taken away.
“One of the guys was saying things that wasn’t very nice. It was stepping over the line,” Beckham said. “I said, `You need to calm down and come shake my hand,’ and he jumped over.”
The man was arrested by Cal State Dominguez Hills police for trespassing because he left the seating area, a Home Depot Center spokeswoman said. via.
So Beckham leaves LA to play in a league where he wanted to play all along (I presume), comes back to MLS to fulfill his contract, and then gets his ass booed off the entire game. Like I said, I don’t really get it. Obviously, the Galaxy faithful are a little bent that Beckham left. I’m just amazed that fans in LA were able to get to the game before halftime. That’s more commitment than Beckham seemed to show to LA.
This woman is Hungarian model Mariann Fogarasy, and she may or may not have had a romantic candle-lit dinner with David Beckham. So it wasn’t an “open bar?” From The Sun:
Becks was photographed with [Fogarasy] after a game in Budapest.
The star was also said to have cancelled a party for his tenth wedding anniversary in July.
But he hit back, saying: “Ninety per cent of what is written about us is invented.The last one was this story about the Hungarian model.[...]
And David’s spokesman said there had never been plans for a party, adding: “They are on holiday at the time of their anniversary.”
Eh, I’d hit it. She’s not fat and likes laying around naked on stuff. Seriously, it’s almost impossible to find pics of her on the internet with clothes on. One can only hope that her English is as terrible as her hair. Of course, it’s almost impossible to find someone to stray from your marriage with a non-English speaker in Los Angeles. Unless you count the housekeeper.
Noted immigrant David Beckham appears to be gone from America, at least for now. And it is good. But this isn’t an anti-soccer rant or an anti-foreigner rant, or even an anti-hey-he’s-better-looking-than-me rant, because I could do those all day. No, it’s good because he just packed up his fish and chips and got the hell out. He didn’t sit around and complain about how he was stuck with his Scientology friends every day or how all the men in California act like little girls or why there was cocaine everywhere. Contractually, he seemingly has the right to leave. He just uneventfully got on a plane and left, and frankly, I admire a man that can handle his business with a quietly firm hand.
ASYLUM POLL: Is David Beckham giving MLS the shaft?
The LA Galaxy doesn’t seem to be as eager to part. They’ve probably called him and left sad, annoying messages on his machine. You know, the kind where the person on the line was crying so hard that their nose started running. They probably told Beckham to come back and pick up his stuff and he was all, I don’t really want it, and they were all, But you have to, and he was all, No, I think I’m good. And then maybe ten or twelve years from now they’ll be facebook friends and leave “How long has it been?” sort of messages on each other’s walls, and then browse through each other’s uploaded photos, and that’s how it’ll end. And that’s okay.
There’s gonna be a lot of disagreement about this one, but daaaaamn Victoria Beckham looked good at the opening of the new Armani store in New York. A lot of people say that she’s too skinny or looks like a Fembot, and they mean it like those are bad things. No way. I dig the sassy short dress and the super-high heels and the fact that her hair and makeup probably took hours. She gives off an air that she’s way too good for me… and that only makes me want here more.
More pictures of her below, and for you ladies out there I added some of her husband shirtless after a recent AC Milan game. Hubba hubba or whatever.
And just so we get some sports discussion: it’s looking more and more like David Beckham will never return to MLS, something that doesn’t really matter to American soccer fans (both of us). But it’s a good opportunity for the media to crow about Beckham’s failed American experiment. “GRAWRRRR! He failed to meet the overblown expectations that we created by overhyping him! Now we hate him!” Well played, sports media. Well played.
This time it’s David Beckham for Armani underwear instead of his RealDoll wife, which I suppose is only fair for the female readers out there. You’ll notice that the photographer has creatively used mirrors to give us twice the bulge! Sweet! It’s about time this blog had more angles from which to examine David Beckham’s junk. I love my job.
As amends to the fellas, I tossed in a couple photos from Victoria’s Armani underwear campaign. And as amends for that, there’s some bonus action from Carly Zucker for Lynx (England’s version of AXE). Zucker is a fitness instructor engaged to England’s Joe Cole (she’s not to be confused with Cheryl Cole, who’s married to Ashley Cole), and her One Million Years B.C.-esque ad encourages me to “unleash the man leather.” Sorry, Carly. My parole officer says I gotta keep it leashed.
Paparazzi are the celebrity world’s version of the little brother who holds a finger an inch away from your face and keeps going “I’m not touching you!” Naturally, when celebrities give them the beatdowns they deserve, as David Beckham and a body guard allegedly did, the rich people get sued.
Emicles Da Mata claims on December 7, 2008, he had stopped his car on a Beverly Hills street when Beckham reached through the driver’s window and grabbed his camera and attempted to wrestle it from him…
The lawsuit claims Beckham’s bodyguard — also a defendant — then beat him repeatedly [Hooray! -Ed.], grabbed the camera and threw it in a trash can. Da Mata says he was injured and is suing for assault and battery, as well as emotional distress.
Emotional distress? I wonder what’s Da Mata with him? (High five? No? Okay, that’s fair.)
Anyway, there ya go. A story about a soccer player, a paparazzo, and lawyers. Really, there are almost too many people to root for here.
