Becks Proves That Spurs Are On The Up

So Becks is about to grace the Premiership one more time and I, for one, am happy to see him back.

Did he deserve the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show? Probably not. At least not at this juncture in his life. Does he deserve quite so many headlines at a time when he is most definitely in the twilight of his football-playing career? Again, probably not. Should he really be talked about as part of a managerial dream team alongside Harry Redknapp for England? Er, probably not. Will the whole circus around him, centered on his wife Victoria, be a welcome addition to the Premiership? You've got it.

But the man is a decent chap for starters, as all who know him will confirm. He has done a great deal for English football, of course, both on the field (captain, inspirational performances, memorable goals) and off it (the 2018 world cup bid that failed through no fault of his, not forgetting the 2012 London Olympics bid that he also played a part in). And he remains a fantastic pull for the Premiership, that's for sure.

Do Spurs really need two months' loan service from Beckham? Again, probably not, but the positives outweigh the negatives. His influence in the dressing room and on the training field will be immense as the season reaches the business end and Spurs, in Europe and in the Premiership, find themselves at unusually high altitude. And while it is difficult to see him starting games, how useful will David Beckham be when he comes on after 65 minutes and lines up a free-kick from 25 yards out, or crosses with his still cultured right foot?

There's one other thing, as well. Spurs Chairman Daniel Levy is probably ordering 100,000 Spurs shirts with the name Beckham on the back as we speak to sell.

It's all looking very good for Tottenham Hotspur right now, and the imminent arrival of a global sporting superstar is yet proof of this.