Beckham Publicly Expresses His Desire To Stay At Milan

by Andrew Bishara February 04, 2009

With the papers already printing stories on lawyer’s attempts to prolong his stay in Italy, David Beckham publicly stated after the friendly Wednesday evening at the Ibrox, for the first time since joining the Rossoneri, his real desire to stay at AC Milan.

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“At the moment my lawyers are not talking to the Galaxy,” Beckham said continuing, “But I have expressed my desire to stay at A.C. Milan now, and it’s just down to Milan and Galaxy to come to an agreement. I have enjoyed my time here. I knew I would enjoy it but I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I have and do as well as I have.”

Final Score At The Ibrox
Rangers 2 – 2 AC Milan

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