No agreement close for Real Madrid's Beckham

Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham's contract saga is not headed for a swift conclusion.
 
Both parties want the former England captain to continue in Madrid, with his current deal to expire at the end of this season.

However, the Guardian says Beckham's representatives, Terry Byrne and the former Spice Girls manager, Simon Fuller, begin talks with Madrid, the two camps will discover an important difference in their valuation of the Englishman.

Beckham's camp are determined for him to receive greater recognition of his commercial value in the shape of a greater share of his image rights, of which the club currently own 50%. Madrid will not break their pay structure to offer Beckham more than the $6m (€4m), after tax, paid to each of the galacticos - and neither are they prepared to relinquish their 50%.