Beckham To Throw Reid A Life Line

Ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid star David Beckham's Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, mainly known as Inter Miami CF or simply Inter Miami, look to have thrown West Ham United a bone and ex-hammer of the year Winston Reid a career lifeline. Inter Miami are in desperate need of a strong, verbal defender who is a leader and can organise a colander like defence that has conceded 5 goals in their three out of three defeats.

Following the MLS's protracted restart on the 22nd of August, Winston Reid will again feature prominently for high flying Sporting Kansas City, or Sporting KC, as they lead group C of the MLS. Beckham and his team's manager Diego Alonso are well aware of Reid's ability, and the potential of acquiring his services for a very reasonable outlay.

Reid is still the captain of New Zealand's International team, and at 32 years old has at least a couple of years left in the tank, the only problem about signing for Inter Miami is money, US clubs work to a very strict set of FFP financial restrictions that were introduced as a result of the 'ludicrous' salaries handed out to European players during the ill fated North American Soccer League (NASL), the situation was compounded by the later introduction of the American Professional Soccer League which tried and failed miserably to make 'soccer' financially viable. The situation is much better now, thanks in no small way to the abandonment of one of the Canadian leagues that had been 'scooping up' North
American viewers.

There are however many who think that Reid should be recalled to the UK, after all West Ham United are currently paying an eye watering 80% of his £80,000 per week wages! David Moyes himself, only the other day, was extolling the virtue of 'experienced' central defenders and centre backs, well you can hardly have more experience than Reid can you? Surely 'Winnie' can do a job for the Irons, he has proved his fitness by playing in all the Sporting KC games,so why not recall him for the upcoming Barclays Premier League season?

Money is tight, so why subsidise a USA based football club to the tune of £64,000 per week? Unless Reid did something atrocious to David Moyes that we don't know about it surely makes sense to utilise a player once coveted by 'elite' clubs right up until his unfortunate injury sustained against Swansea?

If Moyes and West Ham have no intention of using Reid, then sell him on, or give him away, even supplement a part of his wages if he leaves, but hemorrhaging £3.2 Million a year in wages just seems insane, perhaps it is just the 'West Ham Way'. - Ed