David Beckham will not start a game for the L.A. Galaxy until August 15th — he is that banged up.The twelve minutes David Beckham played against Chelsea on July 21st will surely go down as the most expensive twelve minutes in the history of football. Given his projected salary of close to $50 million a year, DB7 has pocketed three million dollars since arriving in L.A. at close to $400,000 a minute in playing time — not bad money if you can get it.
But enough of the money, let's talk about the word that keeps Galaxy GM Alexi Lalas tossing and turning in a cold sweat all night … injury.
Beckham originally hurt his ankle while playing for England on June 6th in Estonia. He then aggravated the injury in his final game with Real Madrid on June 17th. Since joining the Galaxy on July 13th, Beckham has been present at one training session — an open practice on July 16th in which he did some light work on the side as part of a publicity stunt. That's it.
And according to sources inside the Galaxy, even his teammates are kept in the dark as to how his ankle is progressing. They're not allowed in the training room when he's receiving treatment — and the reason for this is that the Galaxy management is terrified of leaks.
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They don't want us to know how badly he's injured as that would be the PR gaffe of the century. In fact, the Galaxy currently have enough egg on their faces over this ‘Beckhamania' to open up their own Denny's.
With only partial information, all we can do is guess as to what has happened to the most expensive ankle in football which, according to reports, is supposedly swollen and responding slowly to treatment.
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