LA Galaxy midfielder Peter Vagenas said there is resentment
at the club over the deal signed by David Beckham.
The Major League Soccer club agreed a deal that is worth £128m to
Beckham over the five years of his contract. And Vagenas told BBC
Five Live: "I think, as we all are fans of soccer, he is David
Beckham and a wise man told me you're worth what you negotiate.
"But at the same time, of course there's resentment, I'd be lying
if I said there wasn't."
Vagenas, a holding midfielder, has been with the Galaxy for six
years and was a member of the US football team at the 2000
Olympics. He has made more than 150 appearances for the club and
captained them to a cup double in 2005.
Vagenas, who is thought to earn in the region of £63,000 a year,
added that he does not blame Beckham for accepting the contract he
has been offered. "He's not stealing the money," said the
Pasadena-born player. "On the one hand more power to him and on the
other you say 'why can't I be getting some of that?'."
Beckham agreed his deal with the Galaxy on 12 January and is
expected to join them when his contract with Real Madrid expires at
the end of the current season. His deal means that Beckham will be
earning 500 times more each week than most of his team-mates at Los
Angeles.