VARIOUS: SOCCER - REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB IN TRAINING WHILE DAVID BECKHAM IS IN JAPAN ON A PROMOTIONAL TOUR.
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VARIOUS: SOCCER - REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB IN TRAINING WHILE DAVID BECKHAM IS IN JAPAN ON A PROMOTIONAL TOUR.
- Title: VARIOUS: SOCCER - REAL MADRID FOOTBALL CLUB IN TRAINING WHILE DAVID BECKHAM IS IN JAPAN ON A PROMOTIONAL TOUR.
- Date: 18th June 2003
- Summary: NARITA AIRPORT, TOKYO, JAPAN (JUNE 18, 2003) 1. DAVID BECKHAM AND WIFE VICTORIA ARRIVING IN JAPAN ON PROMOTIONAL TOUR MADRID, SPAIN (JUNE 18, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 2. EXTERIORS OF REAL MADRID'S BERNABEU STAIUM 3. WIDE SHOT OF REAL MADRID PLAYERS ON TRAINING PITCH 4. ZINEDINE ZIDANE RUNNING 5. YOUNG REAL MADRID FANS WEARING ROBERTO CARLOS AND RONALDO SHIRTS WATCHING TEAM TRAINING 6. ROBERTO CARLOS AND STEVE MCMANAMAN WARMING UP 7. GENERAL TRAINING 8. MCMANAMAN 9. GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS 10. ZIDANE CROSS 11. RONALDO 12. REAL MADRID COACH VICENTE DEL BOSQUE DURING TRAINING 13. TRAINING MATCH IN PROGRESS 14. RAUL CHALLENGED BY CLAUDE MAKELELE 15. WIDE OF GAME 16. RAUL SCORING GOAL 17. ROBERTO CARLOS LEAVING TRAINING PITCH 18. ZIDANE AND MAKELELE LEAVING TRAINING PITCH 19. REAL MADRID SPORTING DIRECTOR JORGE VALDANO SAYING - "David Beckham's signing will make us a better club and a better team. It will strengthen our image. He's another star in the team, a highly technical player who will give us an extra jump in quality. You can never have too many stars. Beckham is very versatile and we're building a squad, not just a team." 20. CAMERAS/JOURNALISTS 21. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REAL MADRID CAPTAIN FERNANDO HIERRO SAYING - "I understand he is a great player and we all wish him the best but from now to Sunday he is not going to help us to win Spanish League tittle. We understand he is a player for the future, for next season. We will greet him the same way we have done with every other player in the past, we won't give him any special treatment." 22. WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MADRID, SPAIN AND NARITA, JAPAN
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- Country: Japan Spain
- Reuters ID: LVAA5YTY9NF0H9XXE7JLKZXMZ0VU
- Story Text: David Beckham willingly gave up his famous number seven
shirt and accepted Real Madrid's existing salary and contract
structures to secure his move from Manchester United.
Real's sporting director Jorge Valdano, speaking at a
packed news conference at the club's training ground on
Wednesday, said the England captain had not asked for any
special treatment as the deal was being arranged.
"There are already many stars in the Real Madrid dressing
room," Valdano said. "Beckham had to give up some of his image
rights and his number and he had to adapt to our salary
guidelines."
That will see Beckham losing the number seven shirt he has
worn for so long for England and Manchester United and
receiving exactly the same salary as the club's other star
players such as Ronaldo, Raul, Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo.
Valdano also ruled out Beckham wearing a number like 77 or
6+1 to retain the "seven" association.
"Beckham will follow the norms at Real Madrid and wear a
free number between one and 25," Valdano said.
"All the players who have come here in recent years have
done the same, choosing one of the numbers that has become
free."
Real's 35 million euro move to sign Beckham from
Manchester United came despite the fact that the club already
have one of the most adventurous sides in the world.
The problem for coach Vicente del Bosque this season has
been in defence but Valdano made no apologies for signing
another high-profile attacking player like Beckham in
preference to an expensive defender.
"David Beckham's signing will make us a better club and a
better team," said Valdano. "It will strengthen our image.
"He's another star in the team, a highly technical player
who will give us an extra jump in quality.
"You can never have too many stars. Beckham is very
versatile and we're building a squad, not just a team.
"It's a perfect signing because it keeps both the
marketing and sporting departments at Real Madrid very happy."
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