Beckham. Legend.

Could have done better if he hadnt shacked up with that wannabee air head spice girl, she ruined him....

I'm not bothered what he does with his money either way, it's the fact that within minutes of joining them he's telling us all about it in the press conference

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he just couldn't wait to tell us he was giving his salary to charity!

^ you sure your not bothered bloob

Guys a national treasure

Superb role model.

not at all, the only thing that bothers me is the speed with which he's telling the world that Sir David is giving his pay to charity

thats something you would say in a cinference cos he no doudt got asked about the money

why keep it secret

id tell everyone straight away if it was me

Serious Question - Do you think a knighthood is in the offing in the near future ie his football career, olympic ambassador, charity work etc...

millions of ordinary people give part of their salary to charity every month through payroll giving schemes, are they on Twitter and Facebook every 5 minutes telling us about it? I don't think so. What Beckham earns in a year is enormous, his salary at PSG would only be the tip of the iceberg

yea but i doudt its that much and itys his full pay

its a great gesture good on him


total respect

a total BELLEND....always was always will be......

what would he be on £50-70k a week doubt he would be in the £100k bracket

makes no difference to anyoine wether he keeps it under is hat or just comes out with it straigth up

Jan 31, 2013 -- 8:45PM, BARNEY15C wrote:

what would he be on £50-70k a week doubt he would be in the £100k bracket

psg have got the cash he worth that  in shirt sales alone probs

i reckon 100k plus


just a guess like

i like DB
no need to let n his salary going to charity though
after the good press

good role model mind see young Beck signed for chelski bet that was on merit

I think it was a terrific guesture,plenty of millionaires give feck all so well done beckham.

David Beckham is imo the best English player EVER

For me what makes him that is the combination of :

BRILLIANCE ON THE PITCH

COMMITMENT TO HIS PROFESSION

PURE CLASS IN A SEA OF FILTH THAT ARE TOP FOOTBALLERS

MODEL FATHER AND HUBBY AGAIN WHEN MANY VILE PRO'S ARE EVERYTHING BUT

FITNESS IS INCREDIBLE ( SEE COMMITMENT )

All over he still acts like the Lad from London and unlike so so many ( almost all soccer ballers ) I don't begrudge him a penny of his fortune.

So many pressures could have fukkkked his head up but they haven't

Well done Becks, a brilliant gesture no matter that you don't need the money...TOP CLASS

to be fair it's a very efficent way of giving money to charity, had Beckham taken the salary he would be massively taxed (especially if the new French tax bands are to be believed). But if it's a donation to charity I'm pretty sure it would be untaxed so the charity gets it gross

And btw

The Bloob,,,,what a sad bitter no mark this tool is

Couldn't see the good in Mother Theresa giving Cream Eggs to poor kids

Back in your hole you turd

Best English player ever?

I could name 20 better Edward.

"after tax it would have been a drop in the ocean had he collected it anyway"
He's on a 5 month contract which probably means he'd be able to avoid coming under the French Tax regime. By doing this he's perhaps making doubley sure they won't try and get him for his world wide income from endorsments and so on.

Tbh given Hollands silly tax grab on high earners, you'd wonder why any high earning footballer would want to move to the country and then start handing 75% of their income over (although for now I think that's been vetoed by the french courts).

I say something positive about it and you react like that? only joking, you must have started typing before I posted

Frank Lampard is/was a better player than Beckham.
He's a lovely guy who has never been involved in any off field drama.

and Cream Eggs make children fat

EdwardWoowardWould • January 31, 2013 8:49 PM GMT

MODEL FATHER AND HUBBY


Erm... were you hibernating at the time?

Beckham' great but let's not over-egg the pudding.

Mr Eboue • January 31, 2013 8:53 PM GMT
Frank Lampard is/was a better player than Beckham.

Whats funny about that Pand?

There are much better English players than Becks imo - but Lampard isn't one of them

Sorry - I thought you were being satirical

beckham has spent the last 5 years in a joke league.

Lampard has continued to flourish on these shores.

not a great player imo , lucky

but GL tlo him

Well by that token...Pele played in the USA too.
Does it make Lampard better than him? Complete red herring

at the end of the day Beckham is an adulterer (you can't blame him really)

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Best English player ever?

I could name 20 better Edward.

Mr E , I could name 30 better "Players" but my point was spoze to be about the "package"

I think the guy is a top class fell and sooooo different to many soccer ball s****s today

I am well known here for despising the game as it is today and the players more than anything, most are fukkkin horrific role models / human beings but for me DB whilst not being perfect ( who is ) has been top drawer everywhere he played and through other avenues in my business I am staggered about how many things he does for others than NEVER reach the public domain despite the tosh talked about ALWAYS seeking the limelight

Topp fell imo

Why did he go pand?

He went cause he knew he couldnt hack it anymore in Spain or England. His legs went.

Not knocking him but thats the truth. Money and LA lifestyle over sitting on the bench in Europe.

to this day no one can deliver a ball like beckam

can't see many not avin a sniff @ Loos

He'd gone when Ferguson sold him to be honest. He was playing his football 10 yards deeper than he'd ever done before. The final straw was the cup match with Arsenal.
It makes his time at the top shorter than Lampard but I thought by "better" we meant in terms of quality.

only 5 months tho??? then what

A really nice gesture.


However, and a genuine question...does this salary include image rights which are often a separate thing to avoid income tax. Does it also include the many, many sponsorship deals which he is sure to accrue in Gay Pareee?


BTW, isn't his son signing youth terms with a London club round about now? Eurostar will be taking a hammering I assume.

Jan 31, 2013 -- 9:05PM, ours4keeps wrote:

A really nice gesture. However, and a genuine question...does this salary include image rights which are often a separate thing to avoid income tax. Does it also include the many, many sponsorship deals which he is sure to accrue in Gay Pareee? BTW, isn't his son signing youth terms with a London club round about now? Eurostar will be taking a hammering I assume.

of course not


he aint giving away his livelyhood

hes got a spendaholic wife and spoiled brats to support

Indeed - and why the **** should he!

He must have 100m + in the bank.

Money is not an issue to him.

indeed

loaded but he didn't have to give his wages away....missed him at the stow when he used to pick up my empties....nice kid

aim bettor

The post by Edward at 20.58 is the gayest post i've ever read, if you ARE a bloke talking like some dizzy Essex bird from a reality tv program you don't deserve to have any opinion on football, even the diluted "manish" version we have today. Go and watch some netball.

posh imo

y did he have to tell us he was giving money to charity? attention seeking fu ck

they asked him about it the club wanted to make suyre the press knew etc etc

fricken hell its a press conference and you discuss contratcs and stuff

do you want him to keep it secret and do his damdest to not tell any one



whats the fckin issue with him telling us about his charity work

A lot of jealousy towards Beckham, such a cynical nation. Fantastic footballer, great ambassador and fantastic gesture. Hopefully other rich celebrities will follow suit.

Rich celebrity. If he were to die tomorrow that would be a pretty apt engraving on his tombstone.

all credit to him

If you think the worse of him just doing it for publicity (even thought he gets enough),
the Children s Charity must be delighted since they are getting much needed funds and
it raises the charity's profile, which will lead to more donations.
It's good to know that not all footballers are scumbags.

how do we know other rich celebs haven't done similar? maybe they don't want it to be public knowledge? he should have been a bit more humble about it and let people find out about it another way, spilling the beans within a few minutes just stinks of publicity stunt

Surely giving this money away offsets any tax he would pay on other earnings?

Not the greatest player that's played the game, but has the best PR/marketing in world football.

By giving his wages to charity it means he qualifies for tax breaks on his other earnings.

ie its the most profitable (for him) way of being paid, plus it means he looks like a saint AND as an added bonus the bankrupt French state earn nothing from the millions he is being paid.

What a guy!

whatever he does will be wrong

nice guy underneath

Anyone saying anything negative about this is probably a clown. Beckham loves publicity, who cares. The boy is a legend and the deed benefits charity whatever way you wish to twist it.

My only issue with Becks is his choice of wife. Could have done significantly better...even in the spice girls.

"By giving his wages to charity it means he qualifies for tax breaks on his other earnings.

ie its the most profitable (for him) way of being paid"

Complete and utter rubbish of course unless there's some sort of tax offset multiplier involved, which of would never exist.

The man in one stroke has likely given more to charity than ever betfair forumite will in their life, combined, x 100, and gets crap for it.

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By giving his wages to charity it means he qualifies for tax breaks on his other earnings.

ie its the most profitable (for him) way of being paid, plus it means he looks like a saint AND as an added bonus the bankrupt French state earn nothing from the millions he is being paid.

What a guy!

What is the source for this gibberish?

I strongly doubt someone as media savvy and image conscious as Beckham would be silly enough to use this as a way to get paid more effectively...it would get out very sharply and his image would suffer for it. In case you had not noticed he values the whole saint David thing. I'm sure he's got plans about what he wants to do after football after his involvement in the Olympics...whilst you're thinking one step ahead he's probably thinking three.

it's all relative, he's giving away a small percentage of his earnings for the next 5 months that will amount to less than 1% of his lifetime income. A nice gesture but he was extremely quick to tell everybody about it

So what?

Just Checking you have always been all too ready to get on your knees in front of Beckham, and you clearly have no idea about tax whatsoever. As an eminent professor of French tax law I can assure you that Beckham has conned you.

As for you R0y, you're on a Beckham fred with your lubed-up ass cheeks parted quicker than Ken gets on a fred about Kevin Pullein

We'll see my friend...proof will be in the pudding as they say.

"Just Checking you have always been all too ready to get on your knees in front of Beckham"?

Really? That comes as a big surprise to me, given I'm not actually a fan of Beckham (but I don't hate him either), a Man U fan, an LA Galaxy fan, or even a PSG fan. C'est pas vrai.

Still, assert complete b0ll0x away, the truth doesn't seem to get in the way of things!

This guy was on a few hundred a week till a few weeks back and prob hasnt even earned the money needed yet giving it away!! http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/296053/Raheem-Sterling-pays-for-village...

Dr Cypionate, you can't bring up examples like that! this is Becks we're talking about, he's a god and a saint

People who bring up other charitable acts to try and knock another have serious issues.

Enough time wasted with the plebs, enjoy you bitterness.

it's all about putting things in perspective, Beck's gave up a tiny fraction of his income and is quick to tell everybody about it. Sterling gave away a much bigger percentage of his income, didn't publicise it at the time but it's come out in the papers. I blame that witch he's married to for all this publicity malarkey

did someone say lampard better than becks???....they didnt say that did they??..pmsl. obviously a silly chelsea fan clinging on. clown

Giving around £5m to childrens charities and people still having a dig at him. Is it bitterness or jealousy or both?

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By giving his wages to charity it means he qualifies for tax breaks on his other earnings.

ie its the most profitable (for him) way of being paid, plus it means he looks like a saint AND as an added bonus the bankrupt French state earn nothing from the millions he is being paid.

What a guy!



Has he given up some of his image rights to PSG?

No, the share given to the club only involves contracts signed after the player has put pen to paper on a longer term contract. In practice, Beckham will continue to receive all of the advertising earnings on his contracts with H and M, Adidas and Samsung but will give to PSG half of any contract he may sign after the five month contract is up, French clubs negotiate 50% of players image rights for a higher salary to the player.

In France, Yohan Gourcuff negotiated such a contract when he joined Lyon, which was disastrous for the club, who paid him an enormous salary (480,000 euros a month) in the expectation of advertising returns which never materialised.


Are there any tax implications for his plan to donate all his salary to charity?

"He'll certainly pay a bit less tax but it (the donation) is above all a good PR stunt," said Hocquemiller. "He's arriving in a country in a financial crisis and this is how he is trying to silence his detractors."

"Whatever happens and taking into account his additional revenue sources in his overall earnings he,Beckham, certainly won't be playing  for free at PSG."

Giving salary to charity, v honorable indeed but why give it all to French charities, plenty  of UK charities out there needing a dig out. Would a French player give his wages to a UK charity...I wonder. So as much as I respect Becks, I wonder what are his motives.

Agree with MaryChain's previous comment....


and one more thing "As for you R0y, you're on a Beckham fred with your lubed-up ass cheeks parted quicker than Ken gets on a fred about Kevin Pullein   Hilarious!

Imagine if he ever did something wrong, so much bitterness and jealousy on here it's sickening, if not surprising

I can't think why he had to announce it, why didn't he just hand it over without having to milk it for all its worth?

You mean like selling his life to the press, helping to fuel a society where hype rules over substance, getting sent off for petulance in a world cup last 16 tie, missing vital penalties, or jumping out the way of a tackle in a world cup quarter final?

Yes, just imagine he did any of those things, and the stick he would get.

even worse commit adultery or employ an expensive lawyer to get off a driving ban

has the french government agreed to drop the stupid 87% tax on sir davids wages

so french childrens charidees get the full benefit  ?



will posh be taxed 87 % on her earnings too, that would be funny

I'm pretty sure it won't be taxed before the charities get it.

If he was so charitable why not give some of his millions to charity. He is a has been. Not good enough for English football for many years.

Go give half your wealth to some African country and make a major difference.

And don't brag about it

I rest my case

Isn't young Sterling at Liverpool giving a certain amount of his wages each week to put kids through school in Jamaica where he was born? Think he's also looking to fund a football academy there.

Fair play to Beckham for what he's doing but plenty of players give to charity and they don't get there work highlighted anywhere near as much (and they've earned nowhere near as much as Beckham has!)

Yes loads of players give a portion if their wages, I've only ever heard one give all their wages. Wasn't sterling in trouble for assault against a woman this week??

Salary =/= income

well he sure kept that quiet didnt he,does nothing thatll cost him,self serving vain pr***

didnt john terry give some kids some christmas presents and claim the cost back against tax ?

Donny

if hes done anything on a football pitch the last 5 years then ive missed it,probs his number crunchers figure its a good move-financially,for the beckham brand...has prob considered the thesp route....but david you've got to walk and chew the gum at the same time

Forget the charity stuff, someone actually said that Beckham was a better player than Lampard!

Lampard, at his best, was miles better than Beckham. It's not all about goals scored, BUT, Beckham only hit double figures in the league once in his career, at any club he's been at. Lampard is all set to hit double figures for the tenth season in a row. Ten seasons. Not as a striker, but as an attacking midfield player. Amazing.

In terms of what Beckham could do better than Lampard, he could cross it better...maybe long-range passing (and that's debatable, as Lampard is an excellent passer) and that's about it.

Beckham was an excellent player who's on-field achievements/ability have been inflated by his incredibly successful brand. But players such as Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes were all superior to him.

marychain1 31 Jan 13 22:22 
Just Checking you have always been all too ready to get on your knees in front of Beckham, and you clearly have no idea about tax whatsoever. As an eminent professor of French tax law I can assure you that Beckham has conned you.

How much better off will the charity be?

Lampard, at his best, was miles better than Beckham. It's not all about goals scored, BUT, Beckham only hit double figures in the league once in his career, at any club he's been at. Lampard is all set to hit double figures for the tenth season in a row. Ten seasons. Not as a striker, but as an attacking midfield player. Amazing.

AND PENALTY TAKER. dont forget that important bit

Take away the penalties and he is still a much superior player to Beckham. And is probably the most consistent performer of the Premier League era, which is the most important bit of all.

Cant say I agree to "much" superior. In their prime both were extremely desirable players.

Yeah, I could retract "much" and leave it at "superior".

That's not to take away from Beckham, who was an excellent player at his best. But I think there are 3 English midfielders who, at their peak, were better players than him. (I'm just going on the modern, Premier League era). And Lampard's achievements, to me, seem very under-rated by some.

i cant remember lampard wanting to take the free kicks when beckham was on the pitch

different players, but people forget how good beckham was amongst all the fashion hype

Lets just say I dont think united fans would have taken Lamps for becks, nor would chelsea fans want that swop. Both fantastic careers.

http://dispatchesfromafootballsofa.com/2013/02/03/charity-begins-with-beckham/