A decade later Beckham ready to make more waves


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 11 Jan 2017

David Beckham plays soccer during the charity match to collect funds for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal November 6, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

(Reuters) - Ten years ago on Wednesday David Beckham rocked the football establishment when he turned his back on Real Madrid, the world's most glamorous football club, and signed with Los Angeles Galaxy.

For a decade the tremors of that deal have rumbled through Major League Soccer and Tim Leiweke, the man who orchestrated what is perhaps the most significant signing in sport history, predicts the charismatic former England captain will soon be making shockwaves again -- as an owner.

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