Real Madrid director wants Beckham offloaded

An unnamed Real Madrid board director wants to see David Beckham offloaded in January.

The Spanish football magazine Don Balon quoted an anonymous board member as asking: “Why would we spend [£16m] over the next two years for a player that we know that coach does not like?”

Of the coach, Fabio Capello, he added: “Capello doesn’t want him and he cannot continue like this, spending so much time on the bench, because he would lose part of those multi-million publicity contracts. Nor is it good for Real to have a timebomb ticking by having such a world famous player as Beckham on the bench.”

Beckham, 31, has started only three of Real’s last 14 games, two of those in the Copa del Rey, in which teams are traditionally packed with reserves. He has not started a league game at the Bernabeu since the season’s opening day and has been in the first XI for just two league matches and one Champions League tie since then.

“Capello prefers a different type of player and everyone at the club would be relieved if Beckham took the decision to leave for America – that way nobody could throw in Calderon’s face that he was the one who got rid of an icon like Beckham,” the unnamed director said, pointing out that Calderon’s view now is very different from two months ago. “We cannot admit it publicly but the best thing now for both parties is for Beckham to leave,” he added.

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