Beckham to stay at Milan for rest of season

David Beckham will stay at AC Milan until the end of the Serie A season after a deal was reached with Los Angeles Galaxy, the Press Association reported on Friday.Under the agreement, the football icon will return to play for Galaxy in Major League Soccer from July until October before returning to Milan for the remainder of the next Italian season. The last-minute agreement to effectively "timeshare" Beckham between two clubs is also reported to have been part-funded by the former England captain himself. Beckham was due to return to the United States on March 9 after his initial loan deal expired and Milan's match against Atalanta was set to be his last. But earlier this week Milan chairman Adriano Galliani claimed a deal allowing him to extend his stay was near. Galliani refused to confirm the reports on Friday but said that negotiations were on the "right path." He went on: "The crucial day for the signing could be perhaps today, tomorrow or Monday," he said.