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# David Beckham '90 per cent' to join Tottenham Hotspur over weekend
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## David Beckham's much-anticipated arrival on loan at Tottenham Hotspur is
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likely to be confirmed over the weekend and although he will be around for
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only two months, the former England captain will have a massive impact at
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White Hart Lane, according to Spurs manager Harry Redknapp.
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![David Beckham '90 per cent' to join Tottenham Hotspur over weekend][1]
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Hello, Goodbye: David Beckham is set to arrive at Tottenham, hopefully with a
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shirt on, in a loan deal from LA Galaxy Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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By Gerry Cox 11:01PM GMT 07 Jan 2011
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[Comments][2]
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Redknapp said on Friday night that a deal to sign Beckham on two months' loan
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from LA Galaxy was "90 per cent" complete and that he expected to see him at
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Sunday's FA Cup third-round home tie against Charlton, although only as a
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spectator.
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Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, and Darren Eales, the club secretary,
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have been in negotiations with Beckham's advisers and LA Galaxy since
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Wednesday evening after receiving the green light from the American club to
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arrange a loan deal.
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The deal could be concluded today but it is likely the first match for which
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Beckham will be available will be against his former club, Manchester United,
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a week tomorrow in a game that would attract a huge global audience.
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The return to the Premier League of the world's most famous footballer would
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be quite a coup for Redknapp, and one that he is anticipating with relish.
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"They [Galaxy] are talking with the chairman and there is a good chance it
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will happen," Redknapp said. "I'd say it is 80 or 90 per cent. Hopefully he
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could be here on Sunday if it gets sorted out and will come to the game."
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05 Jan 2011
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Final negotiations involved Beckham's image rights arrangements and the
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guarantees required by LA Galaxy that the player would be insured adequately.
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Galaxy were unhappy to lose his services for the start of the past MLS season
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when he injured an Achilles' tendon while on loan at AC Milan, an injury which
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forced him to miss the World Cup finals.
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"I don't think anything in the deal is to do with finances, certainly not from
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David's point of view," said Redknapp. "There won't be any big financial
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implications either way as far as I know, it's just a case of sorting out the
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length of the loan and one or two bits and pieces."
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But the Spurs manager was quick to dismiss reports that the two men are being
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lined up as a 'dream team' to manage England when Fabio Capello steps down,
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which is due to be next summer.
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"Someone's been dreaming," he said with a laugh. "I have no idea where that
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has come from, but there is no truth in it.
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"He is only coming here to train, play and be part of the squad. That's all
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David wants to do, to play football. I don't know if he would be interested in
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it [coaching]."
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But he does acknowledge that the experience Beckham has gained in winning
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titles and trophies at the highest level with United and Real Madrid, as well
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as in 115 England games, would benefit Tottenham's exciting young squad, who
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are fourth in the table.
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"I am sure he has a lot to offer and I am sure he will lift people on the
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training ground. They will want to show him how good they are and I think they
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will enjoy having him around here and love it.
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"You cannot beat having good players who know how to play and still want to
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play for you. I think that's what he can do; he is fit as a fiddle, he looks
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after himself well and I think he will be a great example to everybody. For
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eight weeks you can't go wrong."
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Beckham's arrival will open the way for David Bentley to leave. The former
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Blackburn midfielder, once described as "the next Beckham", has failed to
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secure a regular spot since being signed for £16 million in July 2008 and will
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have a medical at Birmingham City this weekend.
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Redknapp was also quick to allay doubts about Beckham's ability to adapt to
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the pace of the Premier League after almost eight years away.
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"He isn't a fool is he? As he's got older he has become more worldly and
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smart," Redknapp said. "Do you think he really needs to come here and risk
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spoiling his reputation?
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"God knows how rich he must be, so does he really need to come here and make
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himself look a fool? Does he need people to say, 'He's gone, he's finished,
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he's ruined his whole reputation' by coming here for seven weeks? I don't
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think he does.
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"He knows what he is capable of, he knows his own body and he knows that he
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can come here and play. He has always worked hard, put a shift in. You never
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hear anyone who has played with him criticise him, and he feels he can come in
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and still play well."
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Redknapp says he will rest a number of first-choice players such as Gareth
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Bale, Luka Modric and Aaron Lennon against Charlton, but denied he was
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denigrating the FA Cup.
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"We will still have a team of top players, full internationals," he said.
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