It feels as if it's been a long time coming but David Beckham finally sat down this afternoon, with coach Bruce Arena, for his first press conference back with Los Angeles Galaxy. The conference was held at the W Hotel in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Of course, one of the topics discussed was the comments made by David's teammate Landon Donavon who publically questioned his committment to the Galaxy. Beckham said: "I'm a very honest person. If I didn't want to be here, I wouldn't. I've always been committed to every contract I've had as a soccer player - Manchester United, Real Madrid, Galaxy - and that doesn't change. I'm a very committed person. If people want to question my professionalism and also my commitment, what I will say about that is the fact that I'm willing to travel thousands of miles to play for my country says it all."
He also said that it was coach Bruce Arena who brought the two together to reconcile: "'It was actually the manager that brought us together. We knew that we had to speak once we were back in the same country. We sat down, went through everything. Landon apologised and I told him my view on things and it's forgotten about. I've been criticised by Pele before, I've been criticised by George Best before. And these are people I've respected for my entire career, people I look up to. At the end of the day, it's about the criticism and how it affects you and it doesn't affect me."
source: DL
