No agreement close for Real Madrid's
Beckham
tribalfooball.com - September 28, 2006
Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham's contract saga is not headed
for a swift conclusion.
Both parties want the former England captain to continue in Madrid,
with his current deal to expire at the end of this season.
However, the Guardian says Beckham's representatives, Terry Byrne
and the former Spice Girls manager, Simon Fuller, begin talks with
Madrid, the two camps will discover an important difference in
their valuation of the Englishman.
Beckham's camp are determined for him to receive greater
recognition of his commercial value in the shape of a greater share
of his image rights, of which the club currently own 50%. Madrid
will not break their pay structure to offer Beckham more than the
?6m (?4m), after tax, paid to each of the galacticos - and neither
are they prepared to relinquish their 50%.
