SYDNEY, Australia -- David Beckham on a private jet from London on Sunday for his first visit to Australia, while his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates came on a scheduled airline from the United States.
The former England captain apparently wants no other special treatment while Down Under for the Galaxy's exhibition match Tuesday night against Sydney FC before a sellout crowd of 80,000.Sunday newspapers were full of Beckham stories -- despite a national election the day before in which John Howard lost the prime ministership to Kevin Rudd. Several focussed on Beckham's shunning of a presidential-style suite at a downtown casino hotel in favor of a basic one that his teammates will get. The suite goes for about $5,250 a night, the regular room $235.
"We're quite underwhelmed about the fact he'll be staying as one of the team members. He hasn't come through with a list of requests we're used to here,'' Star City official Richard Munro said. "He doesn't want anything special, which is a real credit to a superstar like him.''
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