Donovan attempts to play down Beckham slur remarks
Los Angeles Galaxy’s Landon Donovan has tried to defuse the situation regarding his comments against teammate David Beckham.
The US international has criticised Beckham for his lack of commitment to the team in 2008 but admits he should have approached the player about it and not gone off and told a reporter.
"I'm not going to apologize for the way I felt," Donovan said in an interview with The Times.
"What I feel badly about is that I should have been a man and told David how I felt as opposed to telling a reporter.
"David and I will sit down when he gets back and just talk it through. What you don't get from reading a few excerpts and what you do get from reading the whole book is that we all want David to be here. We all want him to succeed, and he wants to succeed.
"Something happened at some point last year where a switch went off, and that's what I want to talk to him about and we'll figure that out man to man."
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Comments (5)
Beckham need to kick donovan'ass if he tries to force some kind of meeting.And Arena needs to get what Sir Alex "fegie" almost got in that boot throwing incident.Come on Becks get mad!
Beckham need to kick donovan'ass if he tries to force some kind of meeting.And Arena needs to get what Sir Alex "fegie" almost got in that boot throwing incident.Come on Becks get mad!
Who the hell is Landon Donovan to tell Beckham or anyone anything..
WHAT HAS HE EVER ACCOMPLISHED IN SOCCER?
Loose cannon needs to shut up..that's what PROFESSIONALS DO..SHUT UP AND PLAY....I think he finally believes his own press...despite his many failed attempts into 'Europe'..where it is well know HE GOT KLINSMANN FIRED....because of his ineptness which the top-brass didn't agree with his hiring but Klinsi did!
WHO THE HELL IS THIS FOOL??
SHUT UP AND PLAY!
When you get called to be a 'galactico'...get back to us..otherwise shut up!
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