End It Like Beckham

Despite our lack of Spice Girls and refusal to call anything "the loo," soccer bon vivant and World Cup slacker David Beckham has rejected Real Madrid's contract offer and is headed to our shores. Didn't we fight a war to prevent this kind of thing?

That's all according to the London Times, anyway.

The Times understands that the former England captain has also decided on the next stage of his career and will turn down the opportunity to return to the Premiership, instead moving to the United States, with Los Angeles Galaxy the most likely club he will join.

You know what this means, don't you? Yes: the Beckhams have been brainwashed. Nevertheless, Maddox Pitt is delighted.

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