By now the world and his wife (that means you!) will know that David Beckham is packing his trunk (like Nellie the Elephant) and trundling off to the American "Soccer" Circus.
Poor Victoria never really had the chance to be truly "in the garlic" here in Spain despite her other half playing in the Spanish capital for around four years. But then she was never a fan of garlic anyway...
Nonetheless, it was his job, not hers which brought the superstar couple of the 90s to Madrid. In his time here Becks managed to win over the sceptics who thought he was just a pretty face to help Florentino Perez flog Real Madrid shirts in China and Japan and prove himself as a pretty handy player... and no more so than after an awkward period warming the bench at the Bernabeu, and then being sidelined by his national team as well following his decision to stand down as England captain.
After Madrid manager Fabio Capello was forced to eat his words when a series of poor results and injuries meant he had little choice but to include the ostracised Englishman in the first XI, Real Madrid's resurgence was virtually unstoppable, culminating in a heart-stopping, nail-biting final game to beat Mallorca last Sunday and win the League title.
Beckham was taken off in the second half and replaced by Jose Antonio Reyes (on loan from Arsenal). Reyes had underperformed for most of the season, but the Spaniard saved the team's bacon by scoring two goals and winning the match. Another goal was scored for Madrid, either by Diarra or by a Mallorca player's backside depending on which reports you read.
Here's a clip of Becks himself speaking just after the match.
Poor Victoria never really had the chance to be truly "in the garlic" here in Spain despite her other half playing in the Spanish capital for around four years. But then she was never a fan of garlic anyway...
Nonetheless, it was his job, not hers which brought the superstar couple of the 90s to Madrid. In his time here Becks managed to win over the sceptics who thought he was just a pretty face to help Florentino Perez flog Real Madrid shirts in China and Japan and prove himself as a pretty handy player... and no more so than after an awkward period warming the bench at the Bernabeu, and then being sidelined by his national team as well following his decision to stand down as England captain.
After Madrid manager Fabio Capello was forced to eat his words when a series of poor results and injuries meant he had little choice but to include the ostracised Englishman in the first XI, Real Madrid's resurgence was virtually unstoppable, culminating in a heart-stopping, nail-biting final game to beat Mallorca last Sunday and win the League title.
Beckham was taken off in the second half and replaced by Jose Antonio Reyes (on loan from Arsenal). Reyes had underperformed for most of the season, but the Spaniard saved the team's bacon by scoring two goals and winning the match. Another goal was scored for Madrid, either by Diarra or by a Mallorca player's backside depending on which reports you read.
Here's a clip of Becks himself speaking just after the match.
And here's how the game was reported around the English-speaking world:
Plus a few general analyses of the Beckham phenomenon in 2007 and general Beckham related rumours:
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