Chelsea move suits Real Madrid ace Beckham
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Chelsea are being linked with a fresh move for Real Madrid superstar David Beckham.
As Newcastle moved quickly to deny their interest in Becks yesterday, the Guardian says if the 31-year-old Beckham does return to the Premiership either this summer or, possibly, in the January transfer window, it appears most likely he would sign for a London club with the smart money being on Chelsea whose perhaps latent interest may just be "smoked out" by yesterday's pictures.
Simon Oliveira, Beckham's Spanish-based agent, insisted: "David and Victoria did not meet with Freddy Shepherd and they haven't discussed a move to Newcastle. David dropped Victoria off at Claridge's to have a meeting with her publisher about her new book and it so happened that Shepherd was there. But there is no truth of a meeting taking place."
While his enduring popularity in Asia might be a pull for Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd - who is anxious to boost Newcastle's brand name on that continent - both Beckham and Chelsea are extremely keen to crack the notoriously tricky United States market.
Beckham's potential bond with Chelsea could only be fortified by the powerful commercial relationship the parties already share with Adidas, the sportswear manufacturer and key sponsor of both the midfielder and Chelsea.
Both have links with the billionaire Philip Anschutz who is indirectly involved with Beckham's soccer schools as owner of the Millennium Dome and could just prove a sufficiently influential figure to help make Chelsea big in America.
As Newcastle moved quickly to deny their interest in Becks yesterday, the Guardian says if the 31-year-old Beckham does return to the Premiership either this summer or, possibly, in the January transfer window, it appears most likely he would sign for a London club with the smart money being on Chelsea whose perhaps latent interest may just be "smoked out" by yesterday's pictures.
Simon Oliveira, Beckham's Spanish-based agent, insisted: "David and Victoria did not meet with Freddy Shepherd and they haven't discussed a move to Newcastle. David dropped Victoria off at Claridge's to have a meeting with her publisher about her new book and it so happened that Shepherd was there. But there is no truth of a meeting taking place."
While his enduring popularity in Asia might be a pull for Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd - who is anxious to boost Newcastle's brand name on that continent - both Beckham and Chelsea are extremely keen to crack the notoriously tricky United States market.
Beckham's potential bond with Chelsea could only be fortified by the powerful commercial relationship the parties already share with Adidas, the sportswear manufacturer and key sponsor of both the midfielder and Chelsea.
Both have links with the billionaire Philip Anschutz who is indirectly involved with Beckham's soccer schools as owner of the Millennium Dome and could just prove a sufficiently influential figure to help make Chelsea big in America.
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