Paperchase: Becks to Milan?

So the wonder boy is at it again. When he isn't posing for advertisements for sharpie or kids cough medicine he is taking serious moves to improve his game.

Okay, so here's the deal. Milan want him on a free loan come January. Hrm, I wonder why? Maybe the surge of jersey sales from Ronaldinho and other endorsements got the Italian Giants thirsty for more.

This is all fine with me, people have to make their money but what I am concerned about is it's effects on the MLS and the LA Galaxy. Beck's vision of coming to the United States to become an ambassador for soccer worked brilliantly, especially here in Toronto where you could here the buzz of becks coming to town months in advance. Not only does this get all the soccer mom's hot and bothered, the guys pulls in a guarantee sell out at BMO field.

VP of Milan, Andriano Galliani stated

"Football today is about full stadiums and sponsors and superstars like Beckham fill them up. With him, Kaka and Ronaldinho, it will be a dream team"

True...true. But what about Beck's crusade in America? Is that all but gone? And if it is, can the MLS really come up with another superstar of Beckham's caliber? Or will the MLS and LA Galaxy have to continue to play on home grown and South American talent?

In all honesty, I think Becks fit well in the MLS. In LA Galaxy, not so much. Well no one could they suck so bad. But a move to the Rossoneri would just be...ughh..lame. After all the talk, sponsorships and grassroots support for soccer in the U.S, Becks was really helping out. Now he could pack it up to pursue dreams of stardom once again, whether its to get more caps for England, or really to razzle dazzle the Serie A.


Now there's lots of speculation and gibber-gabber the Football world. So I'm going to sift this one out and call what I think is going to happen.

Likelyhood of this deal going down: 7.5/10

Becks isn't that Happy in LA. Especially with all the crappy management going on at LAG. He has spent half of his LA career flying back to England to get caps on Capello's squad. And when has Beckham NOT followed the money? I think this could be a serious problem for the MLS though, loosing their star power will lose them lots of media support and attention.