David Beckham to join LA Galaxy of the MLS. He’s due to sign a tasty $250m (£128m) contract over 5 years… Yep, a quarter of a billion dollars over 5 years, works out to be $961,000 (£492,000) a week, nice work if you can get it. Also it makes him the highest paid sportsman in US history, blowing Alex Rodriguez’ $252m 10yr deal in baseball a few years ago out of the water!