David Beckham's future is up in the air. He has five, six more weeks in Italy before his loan deal runs its course and he is due back stateside. The Italian officials have already granted AC Milan an exemption from the trading-window deadline. Will Beckham be playing in Serie A for the stretch run, or will he be gearing up for another MLS season with the Galaxy?  Here's an excerpt from the following article discussing the issue:

David Beckham was to be the face of Major League Soccer. He was to do to the American league what stars like Pele and Franz Beckenbauer did for the North American Soccer League in its heyday - provide a big-ticket draw through the turnstiles and a gateway for other stars on the wane to bring a few final years of glory across the Atlantic. His landmark contract created the conditions for the inception of the Designated Player Rule, the aptly-nicknamed "Beckham Rule", allowing each franchise to earmark a roster slot for one marquee player outside of the league's salary cap. His wife, Victoria, was to launch a solo music career along with getting into the acting
business; their sons would become Californian royalty. He would lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to MLS championships. The stage was set for a lucrative end to a storied career...

At least, that was before Beckham engineered a two-month loan to Serie A powerhouse AC Milan. The thing is, as lucrative as his deal with MLS might have been, the experience of playing at the Home Depot Center is hardly the same as being surrounded by tens of thousands of rabidly fanatical supporters of the rossoneri....

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