THE CIRCUS HITS PARIS.

'Brand Beckham' has rolled into the French capital, to become head shirt salesman for the football club, Paris Saint-Germain. He, Beckham, announces that his income for playing, believed to be around £1.7million, not a bad deal for a third team player, if one considers his shirt number, will go straight to charity. A wise move considering the high tax regime imposed by the new socialist administration. One assumes that his income will be derived from shirt sales, the going rate being 110euros a garment, so poor David won't be without jam on his bread.

We can only suppose that ripped jeans will abound along the Champs Elysees, sporting farcical hair styles, this is before we get around to additional hectares/acres of massed tattoos.

This kind of activity is so typical of the western countries, probably to draw attention from the dreadful economic news. The club, Arab owned, finds a way of extorting more money from the dim supporters. The one heartening point gleaned from this, is that the French supporters are as backward as their British counterparts. At the age of 37, Beckham is well past his best, which was never that good; one footed, no heading ability, unable to beat a man and rarely tackled with conviction. All in all, English football went into reverse during his involvement.


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