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By Ben Knight Onward!

Review: The Beckham Experiment
David Beckham.

David blessed Beckham.

David blessed Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in the United States of America.

Here’s the quote – direct from Milan, back in the spring, where Beckham famously stayed to play in Serie A rather than rejoin the Galaxy for training camp:

“I’m committed to the Galaxy and my teammates there,” Beckham said. “But at the moment, I need to play my football here.”

The quote comes late in “The Beckham Experiment,” the all-new inside-out expose of Beckham’s MLS flirtation, ably chronicled by Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl.

It is a tale of commercial success – and catastrophic on-field failure.

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