sport football players david-beckham 8249497 ----- # David Beckham fitness key to Tottenham Hotspur deal ## David Beckham will meet Tottenham's medical staff on Monday to assess his fitness and will then report for training on Tuesday. ![David Beckham - David Beckham fitness key to Tottenham deal][1] Doubts: Several issues appeared to be threatening the move for David Beckham to join Spurs in the January window Photo: PA [![John Ley][2]][3] By [John Ley][4] 7:10AM GMT 10 Jan 2011 [Follow John Ley on Twitter][5] [Comments][6] A deal to sign the former England captain on loan has yet to be ratified in time for the 35 year-old to face his former club, Manchester United, on Sunday, but both parties remain hopeful an agreement can be done inside the January transfer window. Beckham, who has previously trained with Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal, said: "It's important that I maintain a high level of fitness during the MLS off season. I'm thankful to Tottenham and Harry Redknapp for giving me the opportunity to train with the team over the next month. I'm grateful to the LA Galaxy for allowing to me to train with Spurs. I look forward to getting to work as soon as possible." Several issues appeared to be threatening the move for Beckham to join Spurs in the window, chief among them the starting point for his return to his roots. Beckham has been recovering from a serious injury sustained while on a similar loan at AC Milan last season and Galaxy were initially reluctant to countenance another return to Europe. Suggestions that there was a problem with the insurance payments to cover Beckham's time in the Premier League are false; when he moved to Italy Beckham paid his own insurance and that is likely to happen if he can agree a deal to join a club for whom he spent a brief spell as a young teenager, at the club's academy. ## Related Articles * [Tottenham 3 Charlton 0][7] 09 Jan 2011 * [Redknapp admits Beckham deal a 'no-goer'][8] 09 Jan 2011 * [Spurs keen to take Beckham permanently][9] 08 Jan 2011 * [Dailly: it's a Redknapp thing][10] 08 Jan 2011 * [Beckham '90 per cent' to join Spurs][11] 07 Jan 2011 Following Sunday's 3-0 win over Charlton, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp responded to a question asking if the world's most famous player could be soon wearing the white of Spurs by saying: "I don't know. I don't honestly know. That's being done above my head. Hopefully it could still happen. " When Redknapp was asked whether the hold up was related to insurance payments, he added: "That's what I was led to believe, but apparently that's not the case." Instead, it is believed that Spurs were reluctant to sign a player immediately and pay his wages, understood to be a relatively modest £80,000 a week, unsure when his match fitness would be sufficient to the high levels required to play in the today's Premier League. A Tottenham statement had earlier said that Beckham would train, but not play, for Spurs until Feb 10, when he would return to LA Galaxy ahead of the start of the MLS season. However, Spurs remain keen he can still sign and feature in up to a dozen Premier League and Champions League games. They would prefer the former United player to extend his stay in England until mid-March if an agreement with Galaxy can be reached. Galaxy's first game is on March 15 and the Americans may consider Beckham would be better off playing in one of the toughest leagues in the world rather than attending a limited training camp. However, they would expect to be suitably recompensed financially by Spurs. Beckham ruptured his Achilles playing for AC Milan in March and underwent surgery, in Finland, ruling him out of England's World Cup campaign. He has not played a competitive game since and so Spurs want to be certain the player can regain his old form. The 115-times capped player wants to extend his international career and an impressive spell at Spurs could prompt England manager Fabio Capello to reopen the door to aid Beckham's attempts to break Peter Shilton's 125-cap record. [X][12] Share & bookmark Delicious Facebook Google Messenger Reddit Twitter Digg Fark LinkedIn Google Buzz StumbleUpon Y! 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