As David Beckham travels for Achilles tendon surgery today in Finland, speculation about his career is rampant. But the surgeon who will conduct the surgery tells Sky Sports that he expects him to make a full recovery.
The Associated Press gives Bruce Arena’s early take on the injury, and he’s not blaming the loan on AC Milan.
Among the yanks playing overseas, Clint Dempsey made it back to Fulham’s starting lineup in a loss at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney cemented his claim as the best forward in the world today with another two goals in the 3-0 blanking of the Cottagers.
American Herculez Gomez scored in his fifth consecutive game for Mexican club Puebla, bagging the equalizer against champions Monterrey on Sunday. But after the game the Puebla coach Sanchez Sola told the media that Gomez does not work for the team, which is the reason he has only started two matches on the season.
League races are tight all over Europe. While there’s a three-horse battle in England, in Italy AC Milan is now just one point behind Inter Milan. In Spain, a hat-trick from Sergio Higuain kept Real Madrid on pace with Barcelona, who also got a hat-trick of their own from Lionel Messi. Ajax thrashed PSV Eindhoven 4-1 but PSV remains only five points behind Twente for the league lead.
The Daily Mail reports that a U.S.-based company, the Rhone Group, has made an offer to invest £100million in exchange for a controlling interest in Liverpool. The Reds face Portsmouth on ESPN2 this afternoon (4:00 p.m. ET) while ESPN Deportes features Atletico Madrid hosting Osasuna (4:00 p.m. ET).
The highlight of MLS preseason action on Sunday was Philadelphia Union’s first-ever match against MLS opposition. It was not one to write home about as Union dropped a 2-0 result to FC Dallas. Worse yet, three Union players saw red (Alejandro Moreno, Danny Califf and Michael Orozco).
In other MLS news, Carl Robinson gave the real reason he left Toronto FC. And he doesn’t mince words.
Rumors: Indian National Team forward Sunil Chhetri, who was recently on trial with the KC Wizards, is reportedly in contract negotiations … The English press has Steve Gerrard to Real Madrid … A rumor of Aston Villa chasing Manchester United reserve goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak is sure not to excite Villa’s American backup ‘keeper Brad Guzan … Lastly, error-prone 40-year-old Jens Lehmann, who will defend Stuttgart’s goal against FC Barcelona on Wednesday, is rumored to be entertaining a move to Seattle or New York.
