Harambee Stars midfielder Victor Wanyama is the 19th-top earner in the North American Major League Soccer. His base salary of $2.4 million (KSH 290,904,000.00) may only be a fraction of the league’s undisputed leader Lorenzo Insigne, who signed a mammoth $14 million-per-year contract. However, the Kenyan star is still paid $800,000 more than former Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale.BREAKING: Wanyama set to quit CF MontrealAccording to data published by MLSplayers.org, former Napoli captain and new Toronto FC star Insigne is MLS’ highest-paid player with a guaranteed yearly compensation of $14 million. That’s nearly $6 million more than second-best Xherdan Shaqiri of Chicago Fire and almost double the wage of the third-placed LA Galaxy striker Javier Hernandez, who earns $7.4 million.Wanyama’s contract with Canada-based CF Montreal runs until the end of the year, and is likely to leave MLS altogether with rumours of a return to old club Celtic ever-present.##NAJAVA_MECA_6757246##Wanyama’s departure will leave Philip Mayaka as the new highest-paid Kenyan in the league, with his guaranteed compensation of $113,000 (KSH13,701,250.00) of which $100,000 is his base salary.New boy Richard Odada, who joined Philadelphia Union earlier this year, earns $100,280 (KSH 12,148,922.00), of which $84,000 is his base salary.Meanwhile, Mombasa-born Handwalla Bwana is on $140,000 (KSH16,961,000) at Nashville SC, although he’s currently on loan at Memphis 901 in the USL Championship, the second-tier league in the States.
