SPANISH ROUND UP

Last updated : 29 April 2003 By Editor
The front page of the paper As has announced that Madrid
have agreed financial terms with Beckham and reports that
the only remaining obstacle to completing the deal is to
find a suitably secure home.

Apparently agents are scouring the suburbs of Madrid looking
for houses that fit into the security conditions that
Beckham has reportedly demanded.

AS also quotes from a compilation of football essays written
by Jorge Valdano and published in book form two years ago.
In it he calls Beckham a central midfield player who is
exiled to the wing. This is taken to mean that Beckham will
not be competing directly with Figo for the right-midfield
slot. Valdano also says of Becks "he hits a ball so cleanly
that the spectators in the stands can read the markings on
the ball".