Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed he wasn't concerned about the potential of facing David Beckham this weekend, after our former player joined the London club for training.

"I didn't expect David Beckham to be playing on Sunday," said Ferguson. "You cannot all of a sudden come in to train for a few days and expect to play in the Premier League, even less so against Manchester United.

By Ollie Irish

David Beckham waves to fans and the media (there was more of the latter) as he leaves Tottenham Hotspur's training ground in Essex. Becks had a medical this morning, and was given the green light to train – not play – with Spurs over the next four weeks.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has claimed that David Beckham wants to join his club on loan in January.

Despite repeatedly claiming he is a Manchester United fan and would never play for another English club, Becks has been in talks with Spurs over a potential loan move.

"I think David fancies it," said Redknapp.

Harry Redknapp expects Beckham to introduce some class to this Spurs side

David Beckham is set to return to the Premiership after almost seven years. A short term loan move to Spurs is in the works. From the looks of it Harry Redknapp expects him to suit up to play in the FA Cup tie against Charlton Athletic as soon as next weekend.

As the sun rises on our new year, we are already well into the MLS offseason. Players are moving, rumors are flying, and the league is moving forward. So, instead of simply recapping the events of 2010, we at the MLS Offside now give you our predictions, expectations, and hopes for the new year.

Do Spurs need to be a part of Brand Beckham? But it's David Beckham... and we are Spurs.... so of course I would want us to sign him The above quote is not from one of the bastions of our game, but instead my brother. But matter not, it highlights my point perfectly. David Beckham, [...]

Alexis Sanchez whom we've supposedly been tracking for a while now will stay at Udinese at least until the end of this season. After that, it's fair game and while he's supposedly best suited to play out on the ring wing, it's safe to say that we've got that position covered sufficiently well between Nani and Valencia.

After claiming the only club he would play for in England was Manchester United, David Beckham entered talks with Tottenham Hotspurs, amongst others, a fortnight later. It now looks as though he will join Spurs on loan this weekend.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been asked what he makes of Beckham's return to the Premiership, but our manager doesn't seem very excited about the impact the former United man could make on the league.

Let's catch us both up on some happenings from the past two days:

• Anyone got a pretzel?

Brat-City!

Multiple reports have Edson Buddle en route to Germany to sign a deal with Bundesliga 2 side FC Ingolstadt. Quite an American contingent has recently traipsed through the Bavarian side.

Throwing up the new American Soccer Show a little early here, just in case you need something to close out your weekend.
Jared DuBois (follow the guy on Twitter, you won't be disapppointed) fills in for The Ginge. We hit the USMNT January camp, Americans moving and being pushed down the depth chart abroad, MLS combine thoughts with Travis Clark of MLSsoccer.

Becks and his beard were doing the rounds in Chigwell today he's taken a fitness test at Tottenham and is expected to train with Spurs until February. He's looking more fertile than usual, no?

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PEOPLE/Dean Jones - Football News David Beckham all set for a friendly 'debut' at Tottenham
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Becks hooker allegations go to court David Beckham has hit-back at claims that he slept with a prostitute in a five-page court document, according to the News of the World. It is five months since £3,000-a-night call girl Irma Nici hit the papers claiming she had bedded the ex-England skipper. In the documents, Beckham claims [.

Dutch amateur football teams have their moments.

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• The trail blazer. (IBWM)
• Avram and stealth ninjas. (The DA)
• The best of Wikipedia. (The Spoiler)
• Becks as Christ isn't for everybody. (Dirty Tackle)
• Get that man his accessory. (The Onion Bag)
• Who wants sherbert?

The light of heaven shined upon us today and the Galaxy twitterverse burst forth with joy. We have been sent our Angel.

The Galaxy announced today that they have signed Juan Pablo Angel to a multi-year contract as the team's third DP (Becks and Landycakes being the other two). The big question now is whether our Angel can earn his wings.

The Rapids' Kosuke Kimura is big in Japan. Which is kinda fitting since is from there and all. I have no idea what they're saying about him because I am an ignorant, English-only American but I did hear the word "Beckham" in there towards the beginning. So I'm going to assume they were talking about Colorado trading Kimura to LA for Becks because that's the only logical reason his name would be brought up*.

One anonymous bidder has snapped up the black 911 Convertible Turbo driven by David Beckham for the past two years, Fox News report. Bidding for the Porsche began at $100,000 and finished on $217,000 after 45 offers on eBay.
The price was $71,000 more than the L.A. Galaxy midfielder paid for the German supercar when he purchased it new from Beverly Hills Porsche.

First of all, I thank you, the readers, for your saintly patience. Mid terms are now over, and I will try to go back to semi-regular updates in the near future.

That being said, one of the biggest events from the time I was gone was Juan Pablo Ángel's official signing as LA's third DP behind Becks and Landon Donovan.