Barca issue deadline for Becks talks

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Barca issue deadline for Becks talks


Barcelona's hopes of signing David Beckham appear to have almost vanished
after they issued a weekend deadline for talks to begin with the Manchester
United midfielder.

Beckham, who has so far rejected the overtures of newly-elected Barca
president Joan Laporta, is due to fly out to the Far East tomorrow for the
second part of his summer promotional tour.

And with the England captain set on a move to Real Madrid, the Catalans'
ambitious plans to land the ?0million-rated player are all but dead.

United Peter Kenyon and managing director David Gill are reported to have
met Real officials last week, although the nine-times European Cup winners
have yet to make any formal statement of their interest in Beckham.

Real's sporting director Jorge Valdano said last night that his club will
not discuss Beckham until the Spanish season is completed on Sunday.

Laporta said today he was still hopeful that Beckham will become a
Barcelona player and stated the England captain would take on a major
leadership role at the club if he joined.

Negotiations with the player, he admitted, must still take place.

'It depends on the representatives,' he told Sky Sports News. 'We are doing
our best to incorporate him into our club, Barcelona.

'We hope that we will have a solution on this matter this week.'

Laporta is the 40-year-old lawyer whose popularity in the city skyrocketed
last week when Manchester United announced they had accepted his offer for
Beckham, subject to him winning the election to become president of
Barcelona.

But he has stressed since winning the presidential election on Sunday that
he made no promise to the Barca socios (members) that the England captain
would arrive.

'My team has been elected for its whole project,' he said. 'David Beckham,
as me, is a part of the whole project.

'Of course David Beckham is a very important piece of this project. If we
can't get the player, we would be sad, but at the same time we have another
solution.'

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巴薩定下和Becks談判的期限
最晚這週結束前一定要開始討論
唉...為什麼曼聯沒有任何人出來說些話呢...> <...
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