Galaxy's Tim Leiweke firmly declared yesterday that Beckham will return to the United States to continue his career with the Major League Soccer club on March 9. This news comes after Milan VP Adriano Galliani confirmed that AC Milan would not be increasing it's offer to keep Beckham. Galliani said: ''Milan has made the offer that it considered fair for an eight-month loan. As Leiweke confirmed, on November 30, David can become a free agent at zero cost. I don't intend to make a controversy, in fact, I thank Galaxy for allowing us to have Beckham on loan in these past few months.''When asked if Milan will raise the offer, Galliani said: ''Absolutely not. I have experience to know the price of a player. And according to the European parameters, there is no sense is spending more. 'In the United States they look at the commercial aspect. Instead in Europe, in the transfers, the technical aspect prevails. The budget that I have at my disposal is already at a maximum between the salaries and the transfers.''
On the offical LA Galaxy homepage, Tim Leiweke responded to all of the press regarding this entire ordeal. "Two weeks ago Milan made a ridiculous offer that took me just a few seconds to reject," Leiweke told the Italian newspaper, Gazzetta dello Sport . "With this figure Galaxy wouldn't even be able to cover the loss in revenue from shirt sales. Since then I haven't heard a thing and no meeting has been set up. I've decided to speak out because I've read too many inaccuracies. After that ridiculous offer we've had no more contact from Milan. If Milan are so determined to buy him, why are they dragging this out for so long? If they think they'll get him on the cheap that way, they're wrong." source: ESPN, www.laglaxy.com
