But Beckham has won the country's sympathy vote and may be prepared to stick around if hecannot be persuaded by Barcelona, and Real fail to come up with a suitable deal.
"Anyone listening to that tape, which will be authenticated by federal authorities, cannotfail to understand that Bobby Davis is being truthful, " he said.
As he explained it, innovative projects often succeed at the micro level or within pilot environments but ultimately fail because they cannot be taken to scale.