FA talk tough over Beckham row
A throw-away comment from David Beckham in a press conference yesterday has sparked the great grandmother of all club versus country rows.
The England captain mentioned that in an ideal world he would like buy canada goose jacket online canada to play for Real Madrid against Villareal as best mens canada goose parka well as for England against Macedonia four buy canada goose jacket ebay days later.
Now the FA are threatening to enforce the much-feared “four-day rule” to ensure captain Beckham joins his England team-mates next Thursday without playing against Villareal.
Sven Goran-Eriksson plans to speak to Real manager berlin best canada goose jacket for women film festival ends canada goose jacket sponsorship amid Carlos Queiroz in the hope that the conflict can be resolved without resorting to the rule.
Beckham has said he would ideally like to play in both games but that the decision lies with the FA – who are unlikely to want to set such a precedent.
According to Fifa rules, the FA is able to request Beckham’s release best canada goose jacket review for international duty four days before the September 6 match – forcing him to miss Madrid’s second league match of the season in favour of England’s crucial Euro 2004 qualifier against Macedonia.
But FA head of media relations, Adrian Bevington black friday, has insisted they would like to avoid using the rule if an agreement can be reached another way.
He told www.thefa.com: “Were it canada goose coat 1000 calorie diets to become absolutely necessary, the FA could invoke Fifa’s four-day rule, though, at this stage, we would prefer the issue to best mens canada goose parka be resolved through the conversations between both managers.
“Understandably David wants to play in Real’s game on Wednesday. However, conversations between Sven and Real boss Carlos Queiroz must take place over the next few days to discuss this matter further.”
Beckham is expected to feature for Real tonight in the second leg buy canada goose jacket nyc of the Spanish Super Cup against Real Mallorca at the Bernabeu.
He supplied the corner for Real’s goal in can you wash a canada goose jacket in the washer the 2-1 first-leg defeat but was otherwise disappointing and was substituted in the 55th minute.