Some American soccerballers paid less then what Cristiano Ronaldo spends on hair gel in a year
A document discoevred on the MLS Players’ Union website declares the salaries of every person playing football in the big country in 2008, and some of the figures make for surprising reading. David Beckham’s $6,500,000.04 (don’t forget the 4 cents) has been well publicised, but as you can see from the listing above above, some of his LA Galaxy colleagues earn a modest $12,900, or just under £8,500 in real money. In other words, Mr B is approximately 504 times more valuable than some of his no-name colleagues.
Elsewhere, Darren Huckerby, known in San Jose as “the legend from the Norfolk team” is pulling in a decent $355,000, while former Aston Villa hitman Juan Pablo Angel is rewarded with $1.6m per annum for breaking MLS goalscoring records.
See the salary list in its entirety here.
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2 responses so far
1 Richard, UK // Nov 14, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Expect to see the salary cap for MLS shoot up a decent amount after union talks at the end of the 2009 season.
2 Jon E // Nov 15, 2008 at 12:36 am
By “discovered,” you mean “clicked on,” right?
The players’ union posts these lists every year. Intrepid journalism this ain’t.