REPUBLIC OF IRELAND captain Robbie Keane is the second-highest paid player in Major League Soccer, taking home a pay packet of $4.33 million this year.
The latest figures show that at $4 million, Keane earns the league’s highest base salary and is second only to Thierry Henry whose total pay at the New York Red Bulls comes to $4.35 million in 2013.
The Dubliner has been a big hit since his move to America, with his goals helping the LA Galaxy to back-to-back MLS Cups in 2011 and 2012.
Earlier this year Keane signed an extension which will see him remain in Los Angeles until the end of the 2015 season.
Henry’s base salary dropped from $5 million to $3.75 million, according to the annual figures released by the MLS Players Union yesterday, but the former French international’s guaranteed bonuses take his overall salary slightly above Keane.
Among the other high earners are former Everton star Tim Cahill who makes over $3.6 million alongside Henry at the Red Bulls while American international Landon Donovan is paid $2.5 million by the Galaxy.
Not everybody is bringing in such big bucks though. Irish international Darren O’Dea, who plays with Toronto FC, will earn just over $450,000 in 2013.
