Lionel Messi is by far the highest paid player in MLS with an annual salary of over 20 million dollars. Teemu Pukki, who represents Minnesota, also shines high in the salary statistics.
The North American Major League Soccer (MLS) players association MLSPA has announced the league salary information.
MLS’s absolute superstar Lionel Messi is salary king of the entire league. Messi Earns slightly more than 20.4 million dollars per season at Inter Miami.
A good point of comparison is that the Argentinian earns twice as much as every Orlando City player combined. Orlando’s salary budget of $9.6 million is the lowest in the league.
The world champion’s earnings cover 4 percent of the $502 million in salary compensation for the entire MLS.
After the 36-year-old Messi, the second highest paid player in the league is from Toronto Lorenzo Insigne for $15.4 million. The 32-year-old Insigne played in Serie A for Napoli from 2009-2022, before his move to MLS.
After Messi and Insigne, Chicago’s are next in salary statistics Xherdan Shaqiri for $8.2 million and the Los Angeles Galaxy Javier Hernández for $7.4 million.
Miami also tops the league in MLS teams paying the most salaries. It pays its gamblers a total of $39.4 million per season, while Toronto, which is next, spends a total of $32.3 million on its players.
Jorge Mas serves as the manager-owner of Miami. His brother Jose Mas acts as a co-owner of the club together with a well-known football figure David Beckham’s with.
Those who once played with Messi at FC Barcelona Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba arrived with Messi in Miami last June. However, the salaries of the aforementioned gentlemen are much lower than Messi’s. Midfielder Busquets Earns $1.5 million per season and defender Alba $1.25 million.
Huuhkajien found good chemistry with Messi in early autumn Robert Taylor On the other hand, he earns only a fraction of the salary of his radar partner. The Finn’s annual earnings are “only” a good 300,000 thousand dollars.
The buck wraps money
Among the Finns, MLS’ salary king is wearing the Huuhkajie kimppipa shirt Teemu Pukki. Pukki represents Minnesota United and receives slightly more than 3.5 million dollars per season. It is more than the combined annual income of Busquets and Alba mentioned earlier.
Puki’s Finnish teammate Robin Lod earns well over a million dollars for the season.
Remember the Finns representing Austin Alexander Ring Earns per year 1.6 million dollars. Ring’s teammate Leo Vaisänen net approximately 600,000 thousand dollars. The one representing Montreal has the same amount of merit Lassi in Lapland.