What is David Beckham Worth to Real Madrid?

When Florentino Perez and Real Madrid announced the arrival of David Beckham they fulfilled the inevitable. The most successful club in the history of football had recently become the most glamorous and naturally they must have football's most glamorous player. The arrival of Beckham has pushed Real Madrid from 4 th up to second place in earnings, just below Manchester United's €253 million last year.

May fans and critics argue Beckham was purchased just to sell merchandising. While it's true that he does sell many t-shirts, his value to the team goes beyond fame and fortune.

Yes, David Beckham has football skills:

In 2000, Beckham was named captain of the English national team by caretaker, Peter Taylor, and has continued to lead the team to present with coach Sven-Göran Eriksson.

In 2002, a movie was released with the title Bend It Like Beckham, referring to Beckham's gifted spot-kicking and ball placement abilities. Beckham can strike a football perfectly. He is a master of the short or long pass, free-kicks and crosses.

At Real Madrid

The hearts of Madrid fans and Spanish critics were won over by Beckham's sacrifice on the field. He ran himself into exhaustion match after match, always looking for the ball, on all sides of the field at once.

As a new Real Madrid player, Beckham scored five times in his first 16 matches (including Real's 600th goal in the European Cup/Champions League, against Olympique Marseillea, a higher scoring rate than his last year at Manchester United (11 goals in 52 games) In the 2004-2005 season, Beckham scored 2 free kicks from over 30 meters out.

With new coach, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Beckham has been moved back to his natural position and his play has been back to its best with precise trademark long range passing to strikers Michael Owen and Ronaldo.

It may be true that Real were in more desperate need of defensive players to balance the team but David Beckham was a quality signing for Real Madrid, through and through.