by FRANCO PANIZO
Los Angeles, be prepared to say goodbye to David Beckham...again.
The Los Angeles Galaxy has given Beckham permission to work out a loan deal for the winter transfer window in January. The loan is expected to last until July to give Beckham the best possibility of making the England squad for the 2010 World Cup in June.
The club, however, wants the England international to work out the deal now, so as to avoid any distractions during the Galaxy's playoff run, their first since 2005.
Tim Leiweke, chief executive of Galaxy's parent company AEG, also expects Beckham, who has two goals and three assists this season, to return and finish his career with the Galaxy.
AC Milan is rumored to be the front-runner in acquiring Beckham's services.
Here are some more stories to get your Friday going:
CANNAVARO FAILED DOPING TEST
Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro has failed a drug test, but the club has said the result is due to the use of cortisone, which Juventus administered to the Italian captain to treat a bee sting.
The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Tori has opened an investigation, and will hold a hearing with Cannavaro sometime in the near future to determine if he had a certificate approving the use of cortisone.
GRANT HELD TALKS WITH RED BULLS
Avram Grant joined EPL bottom-feeders Portsmouth earlier this week as director of football, but he was considering an MLS option to consider before doing so.
Grant's agent revealed that the former Chelsea manager had talks with struggling New York Red Bulls, before eventually opting to make a return to Portsmouth, where he was technical director in 2006.
Just how serious those conversations were remains to be seen, because a week doesn't go by without an agent, head coach or general manager claims they or their clients are up for a job with the Red Bulls. Perhaps the most hilarious aspect of this story was the notion that if Grant would have been hired by the Red Bulls he would have helped sell tickets.
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What do you think of Beckham potentially leaving the Galaxy again? Surprised by Cannavaro's failed drug test? Think Grant would have turned the Red Bulls around, or do you think the Red Bulls would have failed miserably if they had handed Grant full authority to run the club?
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