Tottenham Hotspur wait for LA Galaxy to rule on David Beckham loan

Tottenham Hotspur continue to await a response from Los Angeles Galaxy over the proposed loan move of David Beckham. No face-to-face discussions have taken place between the clubs and the American team have yet to indicate whether they will allow Beckham to leave on loan until the resumption of the Major League Soccer season in mid-March, nor what the terms of any such deal would be.

Normal procedure is for the borrowing club to pay some or all of a player's salary for the duration of the loan spell. However a deal for Beckham may be more complex than that and LA Galaxy would be keen to include provisions for substantial payments in the event of Beckham suffering an injury while with another club, having seen him damage an achilles tendon on loan with Milan last year.

Beckham is in Los Angeles as he awaits his employers' decision but, if Galaxy veto a loan move, he could ask to at least train with an English club during the American off-season