spezz44
09-08-2009, 12:47 PM
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/in-montreal-parlez-vous-beckham/
"I have the right to own an MLS franchise, which I will action immediately after I have stopped playing," Beckham told the BBC
According to a person with knowledge of Beckham's planning who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concern about jeopardizing a potential deal, Beckham, 34, and his management team at 19 Entertainment (led by Simon Fuller) and Creative Artists Agency (led by Jeff Frasco) are interested in being partners with Joey Saputo, the owner of the Montreal Impact. The Impact plays in the United Soccer Leagues First Division, one tier down from MLS.
Other than confirming that he has been approached by a group of potential partners, Saputo declined to speak in anything other than general terms about his long-running efforts to obtain an MLS team in Montreal.
"I can say yes, we were approached about two months ago, but I can't say by whom," Saputo said in a telephone interview late last week. "I think Montreal would be a great candidate to be the 19th team in MLS no matter who's involved."
Didn't see this anywhere
"I have the right to own an MLS franchise, which I will action immediately after I have stopped playing," Beckham told the BBC
According to a person with knowledge of Beckham's planning who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concern about jeopardizing a potential deal, Beckham, 34, and his management team at 19 Entertainment (led by Simon Fuller) and Creative Artists Agency (led by Jeff Frasco) are interested in being partners with Joey Saputo, the owner of the Montreal Impact. The Impact plays in the United Soccer Leagues First Division, one tier down from MLS.
Other than confirming that he has been approached by a group of potential partners, Saputo declined to speak in anything other than general terms about his long-running efforts to obtain an MLS team in Montreal.
"I can say yes, we were approached about two months ago, but I can't say by whom," Saputo said in a telephone interview late last week. "I think Montreal would be a great candidate to be the 19th team in MLS no matter who's involved."
Didn't see this anywhere