Galaxy Want 22 Million For Beckham

That's cheap. His commercial value for MLS is far greater than $22-million/year.

Don't forget that Beckham has an escape clause in his MLS contract that he can activate after this season. If he does, the Galaxy gets nothing. Milan knows this and will successfully lowball the Galaxy, regardless of what price both parties agree on.

GoldenBalls? Now that's just wrong.

Milan won't pay much more. Beckham is doing fine and Milan like the energy he is bringing to the team. But they need young players and if the price goes up to where it will prevent them from strengthening the team in the next transfer window, they won't spend it. <br />
The Galaxy need money for a solid team much more than they need Beckham or any big name. Same with the league. They'll get more popular as they field a more consistently good product. There are plenty of soccer fans in the US they just watch world football instead of US soccer because its so much better. But nothing beats a live match so if MLS keeps improving they'll get their fan base.

Galaxy will probably settle for about 18 million. Perhaps AC Milan will include a player on loan for a year as well.