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An optimistic Tomas Regalado appeared on sports talk radio Friday morning to lay out the latest details of negotiations for a soccer stadium on public land and to downplay concerns that contractual rights held by the Miami Marlins over some of what happens next door could kill a deal with Miami Beckham United.

For several weeks now, Miami's mayor and other city leaders have been actively involved with negotiations with David Beckam's team for a stadium for an MLS franchise in Little Havana on land across from Marlins Park that is mostly owned by the city. Discussions remain preliminary, but a mini-firestorm erupted last week after Miami Today reported details of the Marlins stadium operating agreement that show the Marlins have some authority over a number of details about what goes on with a soccer stadium across the street, including stadium design and major sponsors.

Miami Beckham United has remained mum about how that complication affects their plans to play in Little Havana. But Marlins president David Samson took some steam out of concerns Thursday by telling the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson that the Marlins won't be an impediment to a soccer deal. And speaking to 104.3 The Ticket's Chris Wittyngham, Regalado said Friday that he doesn't see any one deal-breaker for a Miami soccer stadium. "I don’t see one single item to be the deal-breaker on this one unless the Beckham people say 'We don’t have the money,' which I believe that they do."