Ailing ankle could still delay Beckham's Galaxy debut

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — David Beckham sounded a pessimistic note Thursday as he discussed his race for fitness ahead of his proposed Los Angeles Galaxy debut against English FA Cup champions Chelsea on Saturday.

"At the moment I'm still having a lot of treatment, at the moment it doesn't look good that I'm going to play," the newly arrived English superstar said in a television interview at halftime of Major League Soccer's All-Star Game in Denver.

Beckham is nursing a left ankle injury that he picked up playing for England in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia in June. He aggravated the injury in his last match for Spanish club Real Madrid prior to arriving to take up his new post with Major League Soccer's Galaxy.

"The swelling is still there," he said,...

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