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When Landon Donovan's comments bashing LA teammate David Beckham were released in excerpts from the upcoming book, "The Beckham Experiment" you just knew Beckham wouldn't be happy. Well, it didn't take long for him to respond.
Speaking to media during a charity event in California, Beckham addressed Donovan's comments, calling them extremely unprofessional.
"It's unprofessional in my eyes," Beckham said of Donovan's comments. "In every soccer player's eyes throughout the world it would be unprofessional to speak out about a teammate especially in the press and not to your face.
"But I'm going to turn it on a positive spin because that's what this needs. But in 17 years, I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism. It's important to get this cleared up and I will be speaking to Landon either this evening or over the next couple of days."
Bruce Arena is going to earn every penny of his MLS-high salary as LA Galaxy head coach if he can make the Donovan-Beckham relationship work now.
Do yo think it can still work? Can Donovan and Beckham co-exist, or do you see things in LA getting ugly? Think Beckham is right? Or do you side with Donovan and believe his criticisms of Beckham to be valid?
Share your thoughts below.
Ives Galarcep is an American soccer columnist for ESPNsoccernet.com and creator of SoccerByIves.net.
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