Indeed, Real Madrid can plan on a significant sales dent once David Beckham leaves Los Blancos for Galaxy of L.A, according to a Bloomberg report. Real Madrid’s revenue will take a particularly big hit in the Asian markets, financial analysts say, where sales of Beckham merchandise have helped make the Madrid club the richest by revenue over the last several years. “Its business model [in Asia] is dead,” pronounced Kimi Kase, a professor at the Madrid IESE business school. Despite the fact that Real Madrid hasn’t won a major trophy since his arrival, it was Beckham’s film-star good looks and celebrity status-along with the presence of Zinedine Zidane, Figo, Raul and Ronaldo-that helped catapult Madrid’s merchandise sales past Manchester United shortly after his arrival in 2003. “Beckham and the other star players were like the supermodels of the 1980s,” Jan Lindemann, the global managing director of brand valuation at London-based Interbrand, told Bloomberg. Figo and Zidane left over the past two seasons, while Ronaldo looks likely to move on later this month. Beckham will finely leave when his contract expires in June.