Leo Messi is the highest paid player in MLS with a salary of $20,446,000, according to the latest official salary list shared by the U.S. league.
Messi has a ‘base’ salary of $12 million, but a guaranteed compensation of $20.4 million, which includes bonuses and variables. South Korea’s Heung Min Son, striker of Los Angeles FC, is the second highest paid, with 11,152,000 dollars. The podium is completed by Spain’s Sergio Busquets, Inter Miami midfielder, with a salary of $8.7 million.
Messi’s teammates say goodbye
Former Barcelona star Sergio Busquets will hang up his boots at the end of the current season.
Paraguay’s Miguel Almirón, Atlanta United midfielder, is fourth on this list, with a salary of $7.8 million.
Among Messi’s teammates at Inter Miami, Jordi Alba, who will also retire at the end of the current campaign, has a salary of $6 million.
Uruguay’s Luis Suárez earns 1.5 million dollars.
With information from EFE
Approximate career earnings
Throughout his professional career, Lionel Messi has accumulated estimated earnings of more than US$617 million.
Sourced from salaries, bonuses and guaranteed compensation at clubs such as FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Miami CF.
In addition, if their sponsorship deals, image rights and investments are included, some estimates raise their global revenues to more than US $1 billion.
This volume of income makes Messi not only one of the highest paid footballers in history.
He has also become an iconic figure for the Hispanic community in the United States, who follow his career with admiration and pride.
For the time being, this weekend he will play with his team in the second game of the first round of the playoffs against Nashville for his ticket to the next stage.
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