Landon Donovan wants David Beckham to make it rain
by briandtw on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 at 12:17pm
In case you were under the assumption that all the soccer players in MLS are excited about the arrival of David Beckham, I thought I’d highlight a quote from one of the players – in fact, one of his teammates – that sheds light on the likelihood that not everyone has caught Beckham-mania:
“It would be kind of a nice gesture if he came in and just splashed the locker room with cash for some of the younger guys … It’ll be interesting to see how he integrates socially into the team. A lot of us hang out together, and when he’s invited, will he want to come out? Will he bring the kids? Will he bring Victoria? We’re fun to be around, so I think he’ll get pulled into that if he wants to.”
The italics are added, and the quote is from the always-excellent Grant Wahl.
So who wants Beckham to give away some of that money to his teammates? You know? Just throw some wads of cash at the guys. Doesn’t even need to be US Dollars. It could be British pounds for all we care.
That would be Landon Donovan defining passive aggressiveness. For the record, Donovan is among the elitely paid in MLS. He’s not getting Beckham money, but then again, he didn’t sell 250,000 jerseys upon the announcement that he’d be coming back to MLS from Germany. And he’s nicely into seven figures between salary and endorsements. If I were one of his teammates, I’d love for Donovan to make it rain in the clubhouse, or at least, you know, maybe talk less and score some more goals.