David's big oversight

Mr Beckham looks like he is staying in the land of fashion, pizza and pasta. Milan vice president, Adriano Galliani, has once again reiterated his ambition to sign the worlds most famous star to his beloved club. I do fear a back lash against DB in the US of A however. Whereas I totally understand, and agree, with his wish to play at the highest level once again, the knock on impact in the states is yet to be confirmed. Yes, the decision was made when the man who promotes umbrellas told him he had no future in the international arena - so why wouldn't he go and earn £500k a week??

But golden balls has been welcomed into the fold of the states making huge promises about raising the long term profile of soccer in the states. I am predicting that when he leaves, a huge hole will be created and this hole could well be filled with anger against unfulfilled pledges. I also predict a not dissimilar situation will occur at Stamford Bridge when Roman gets bored and leaves the club crippled amongst an Everest of wage bills.

Some might say that the ECB and cricket in general are facing this disaster now that the very odd Allen Stanford has finally been revealed as a rather unscrupulous character too. Apparently he has been 'followed' by the US government for the past 15 years - amazing how long paper work takes, and its impeccable timing.

Further news has been ousted today with James Haskell posting on his rather indulgent blog via his website, vigorously defending his position against 'going for the money' We would all respect these stars that bit more if they stopped dumbing down an understandable decision. We've had this before with Lewis Hamilton if you remember, completely disregarding the huge tax benefits when moving to Switzerland. I ask you, are we as stupid as the PR companies think?!