Beckham Turned Down Milan, Reveals Galliani


AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed that David Beckham turned them down before penning his deal with Los Angeles Galaxy.



Inter had been linked with the former England skipper, but Galliani revealed that even Milan had made an approach.


"There was a chance that he would have come to Milan," Galliani told Gazzetta dello Sport. "He has now decided to go to Los Angeles, but if he had stayed in Europe, we would have signed him.


"However, he has chosen a different adventure and a different life in America."


Galliani also hinted towards a new approach in the market, with emphasis on youth development as well.


"We will try to be more like Arsenal than Chelsea," he said. "We intend to scout for youngsters and discover fresh talent, like Ronaldinho when at Gremio. He should not be in PSG or Barcelona [as in Milan should snap up such players].


"However, when it comes to that, Italian league suffers economically compared to others, such as that or Spain."

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Interesting, I thought it was just Oddo that Galliani wanted to sign Mixed signals again baldy ?!

thank you Becks!!

Youngsters, like the over 30 y.o.'s, are cheap!(like Galliani )

milan would have got money into the pocket... more than they would have payed becks,....money for transfers *sighs*....

We should be more like Arsenal, in that they sign youth - yet we sign a 34 yo Favalli, try to sign a 30 yo Becks and are constantly linked with Ronaldinho, why does Galliani persist with these lies?




That old chestnut again , Galliani was chief of Lega Calcio for a couple of years yet I cannot recall him trying to change this situation. Perhaps this just another excuse from the baldy one?!?!?!

It's all well and good having money for transfers, but you have to spend it!!!!!

What I can't understand is, so we where willing to pay David Beckham aka the washed up celebrity football player well over 12 mill € per year in salaries, but not just give two more mil to Lazio and get the player we truly need

it's a damn 50-50 situation... they can do nothing about it...

Well actually if you look at it, Lotito has got more to lose.

From his view point supposing the deal doesn't go through hypothetically,

1. Oddo is major pissed at the club and does a Cassano, probably divorces his wife EQUALS even more pissed off, thereby doing a Cassano+ Gallas(of Chelsea) to Lazio
2. Milan might go this season without a new RB, fortunately the club has enough quality to finish 4th, with the skin of their teeth yes, but achievable.
3. Cometh the summer transfer window, Lotito is forced to sell Oddo at Milan's asking rate coz otherwise he's gonna get j@ckshit since Oddo won't renew.
4.Milan keeps it's pride intact, since we were not hustled into a deal we didn't want by a two-bit motor mouthing thug which is what he is.

I mean c'mon...Lotito is proper crook . He sealed a deal that Lazio would pay taxes pending the last six years within 2026! I for one don't believe the figures he's touting to the press, he's probably asked for percentage of ticket sales at the San Siro for every game Oddo plays in. He's that kinda b!tch.

Well Galliani as a chief of Lega Calcio couldn't change the rule. That is the work for government.

Guys face the reality. We are only trying to sign Oddo, others will come in the summer. But there is another problem. We (even in the summer) can only sign one noneuropean player.The others who might come from outside europe have to have european passports (that is the rule in Italy and just in Italy) so we will have to choose for only one player.

And who was in charge of the government at the same time?

Berlusca offcourse , but that doesn't meen anything. You have to have majority in the parlament to change a law and Berlusca didn't have that, not even in his coalition. Italy at the moment (actually for a couple of years now) are in little crises when it comes to all kind of taxes and economy.

I'm sure Don Silvio could have made changes if he'd wanted to, after all he changed the law to cover himself

To me, it just seems that Galliani is constantly coming out with excuses

I heard about that .. Someone was telling me that if you take France and Italy's economies, and put them together .. It wont even come close to Germany's economy (in terms of taxs, industry, etc..). I guess it has something to do w/ the Euro and unemployment; which basically means less $$ turn-over, which is why they are in a 'little crisis'.

Am I right ?! or the person who gave this info had something inaccurate ?

Altough I am no expert I would say something like that . But it' s also true than since Italy replaced lira with euro (currency), costs went up for 40% and more.

I thought the German economy was in a bad state? It wasn't that long ago that I read they were entering a mini recession! In fact, I thought after the introduction of the euro most european countries are suffering

Didn't most european countries put their prices up after the euro was introduced?

True, but that was just how it looked like when they first converted to the Euro. Also, that impression was given, cuz they didnt have such a clearly heard voice in Europe as do England or France. The opposite happened; their industry was a basis for this, their unemployment rate is at a low (approx 2%) .. Plus they have officials at key positions in the EU (forgot their positions, but high ranked officials).

I take examples by measuring how many corporations are merging with German Corps. like Diamler Chrysler (always thought it was American, but..) it is a German Corp. etc etc

Italy on the other hand, suffers a high unemployment rate and as Diavolo said, cost went up 40% when they converted to the Euro

hmmm 2% unemployment, I guess the Chancellor would kiss everyone around her if it was only 2 %. Right now the unemployment rate is around 10 % in entire Germany, not to mention the unemployment rate in East Germany.

But it isn't that bad. After years of failure the economy finaly starts to grow again, but that's just coincidence from my point of view and has nothing to do with the current government


Oha nd, back to topic....what's that bs Galliani is talking about "If Becks would have stayed in Europe he would play for us..." Now that's great because he decided not to play for us and that's everything that matters. I remember him saying the same about Henry in the summer "If he would have left Arsenal we would have signed him..."

They did, but in Italy it was the biggest ''raise'' of the prices in Europe.

No that is Greece... easily!!

Again that is what I heard, so I was asking about it. No it has nothing to do w/ the government, but Germany has one of the leading economys in Europe, without a doubt, it's industry is huge

Topic .. Yeah Galliani has a motor mouth, but Silvio is the only one who actually takes action .. So dont blame him

thank God he chose LA

IMO WWIII has already taken place -- at an economical level -- and it was won by Germany and Japan (that was at the beginning of the 90's) and even though their economies have been in decline since then they still have a hell of a power!!

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Rossoneri 'had won Becks race'
Saturday 13 January, 2007

Newspapers claim David Beckham was all set to sign for Milan before Tom Cruise convinced him to join LA Galaxy instead.

Out of contract at the end of the season with Real Madrid, the former England captain had been a target for both San Siro sides.

“If Beckham had stayed in Europe, it would’ve been with Milan. At the end of the day he opted for Los Angeles and informed us of his decision,” stated Vice-President Adriano Galliani.

The ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ insists that the Rossoneri had a deal to bring him to Serie A worth £2.8m per season for three years and including his entire lucrative image rights.

International agent Ernesto Bronzetti reportedly met with Becks and representative Terry Byrne in the Calle Serrano office to discuss the details.

The proposal was ready to be accepted on Wednesday, but a conversation with actor Cruise changed his mind and he plumped for a £128m switch to LA Galaxy.

"I was on the phone to him for about an hour Thursday night and an hour the night before," revealed Beckham.

"Obviously I asked him for his advice because he is a very wise man and a very good friend of mine. It's going to be a big help for us to have friends when we arrive in LA."


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LOOOOOOOLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!



HA HA HA!!

I think asking the guy who jumps on sofas for advise is a bit risky

But good for us. At least Tom Cruise finally did something right

HAHAHAHAHAHA !!

Yap....Beckham at Milan, that would have been a joke. HE would have been just another old has been....

What does this tell you about Beckham's IQ level??

Thanks Tom, but I didn't know MI4 was gonna be a reality show.

And just like the majority of galliani's signings he would have been free as well...