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5 unusual facts about The Beckham Experiment


Grant Wahl

He is also the author of the controversial book, The Beckham Experiment.

The Beckham Experiment

Beckham's designated player status as well as his overall stature and celebrity enabled him to seek preferential treatment including the captaincy, his own parking spot right next to the dressing room, and his own hotel room on road trips.

The loan deal agreed in December 2008 had originally been scheduled to end in March 2009 so that Beckham could return to Los Angeles in time for the start of the 2009 MLS season, however, it got extended until the end of the Serie A 2008-09 season.

It was released just as Beckham returned to LA Galaxy from a loan spell at the Italian Serie A with AC Milan.

In January 2007, 31-year-old Beckham, one of the world's most famous soccer players, at the time playing with Real Madrid, shocked the sports world by signing a five-year contract with MLS team LA Galaxy, effective from the end of La Liga 2006-07 season, which was in progress when the announcement was made.



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