Thursday, May 12, 2005
Becks & Owen still possible for US match
This is new. Sven-Goran Eriksson held a conference call with the American media today and left open the door for Beckham and Owen to play in Chicago against the US:
Real Madrid could even justify an early release for the England stars as helping to boost their own "brand" in the US, however indirectly. After all, that seems to be Florentino Perez's central concern of late.
Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham and forward Michael Owen will be available for the second match but might miss the first because the final games of the Spanish league season are that weekend.So if Barça wraps up La Liga this week, I'll go out on a limb and predict Real Madrid will let Beckham and Owen go. Presuming he's healthy, it just makes too much business sense for Beckham, in particular, to be on the field in Chicago. Adidas and all of his sponsors have to be clamoring for that to happen.
"I might try if I see that Real Madrid is out of winning the league, try to take them for both games," Eriksson said. "But that's nothing I can do anything about today. I have to wait at least one week to do that."
Real Madrid could even justify an early release for the England stars as helping to boost their own "brand" in the US, however indirectly. After all, that seems to be Florentino Perez's central concern of late.
