This morning The Sunday Mirror has a story about David Beckham's artistic leanings. Becks was very good at art at school and a few years ago a picture of a greyhound that he drew while he was a trainee at Manchester United was auctioned. This article suggests that drawing is something Becks would like to devote more time to when he retires from professional football. The article also includes some quotes from Becks taken from an interview given to El Mundo where Becks talks about watches and cars.

The Sunday People are running a small piece about further tension between Becks and Real Madrid, with Becks supposedly failing to attend the opening of Real Madrid's new sport store this week, as the club expected. The story is probably invented but if it's true, I for one would sympathise with Becks if he isn't interested in helping the clubs commercial ventures under the current situation. It would be more than understandable if he had grown tired of being used for marketing initiatives but not given a fair deal as a player.

Anyway, let's hope he gets some decent playing time tonight -- Anna