Donovan to speak with Beckham regarding criticism
In Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl’s new book, “The Beckham Experiment,” expected to be released in stores this Tuesday, Galaxy forward Landon Donovan was quoted as questioning teammate David Beckham’s effort and commitment to the team:
“Does the fact that he earns that much more money come into it? Yeah. If someone’s paying you more than anybody in the league, more than double anybody in the league, the least we expect is that you show up to every game, whether you are suspended or not,” Donovan was quoted as saying in the book. “Show up and train hard, show up and play hard.”
“He’s not shown [he's a good teammate],” Donovan added. “I can’t think of another guy where I’d say he wasn’t a good teammate, he didn’t give everything through all this, he didn’t still care. But with [Beckham], I’d say no, he wasn’t committed.”
At this stage, Donovan is refusing to back down from what he said about Beckham’s performance as a teammate last season. However, he has said that he regrets not speaking with Beckham first regarding his concerns.
“I’m not going to apologize for the way I felt,” Donovan told the Los Angeles 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.”
Donovan also told the Times on Wednesday that he would speak with Beckham in person.
“David and I will sit down when he gets back and just talk it through,” he said, according to the Times. “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.
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