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Arsenal’s Beckham bid out of the bag
The cat is finally out of the bag. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has publicly admitted that at the end of the 2003-2004 season, he was immensely interested in signing David Beckham from Real Madrid and even held talks with people close to him who handled his career. But poor old Arsene had to be disappointed with Becks since the England international decided to stay at the Bernabeu instead of ...
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Daily Dose 01.14.08
World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 — Some links to click from around World Cup Blog, The Offside and some other places too. Arsenal did bid for David Beckham (CaughtOffside) Bayern Munich stroll past China (ESPN Soccernet) Is Cristiano Ronaldo the best player in the world? (Reuters Soccer Blog) A Senegal victroy set to mucis (Senegal Blog) Zizou breaks his media silence (France Blog) Alexandre Pato introduces himself with a goal (The Offside) The US WNT have a new captain (SoccaCritics) ...

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