It's the third highest amount ever paid to an Australian player from a US team. 😮 READ: 9WWOS MLB Baseball
It's the type of money that would make any footy player one of the highest paid in either code.
The team paid him $US594,000 as a signing bonus and another $US175,000 to spend on his education in the coming years.He received lower offers from other clubs some time ago but as his development started to bear fruit, Maguire's value sky-rocketed. After travelling to the tournament to watch the Aussie, Pittsburgh offered him a sign-on bonus of $330,000 last year but he knocked it back.
"In the end there were 18 clubs chasing after him-eight were serious and at the table," Mr Maguire said.
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