Frustrated Real Madrid midfielder Guti believes the signing of David Beckham will leave him with no option but to leave the club. "It won't make me happy to leave my lifelong team but I don't think there's any alternative," Guti said in an interview with El Mundo on Thursday. "I'm tired of banging into walls all the time."
Guti, who offered his first hint that he could leave Real in a radio interview over the weekend, missed Real's training session on Wednesday, the day after the Beckham signing from Manchester United was confirmed. The 26-year-old Guti is a Spanish international regular but finds it difficult enough to get into the Real team as it is.
The arrival of England captain Beckham will create even more competition for places in the centre of the field and appears to have strengthened Guti's determination to leave.
"The doors are all closing for me," said Guti. "I was improving as a midfielder when the club signed Zidane. Then I started to come on as a forward and along came Ronaldo. At the moment, I'm in the national team as a midfielder and Beckham's coming.
"I'm a professional and I want to play football. If it's not here it will have to be somewhere else."
Asked about his preferred destination, Guti said he would be interested in a move to Italy. "I like to get to know new places and Rome, especially, and Milan are interesting," he said.
