The annual salary of Lionel Messi in your contract MLS with Inter Miami he exceeds US$20.4 million in his first full season and exceeds the payrolls of the other clubs in the league, with the exception of three.
Messi joined Inter in the middle of last year and earns a base salary of US$10.4 million and annual compensation of US$20,446,667, the MLS Players Association reported on Thursday in its first salary report for 2024.
Those figures cover what Messi receives from his MLS deal, which runs through the 2025 season, including marketing bonuses and payments to agents. It does not register other agreements with the team or its affiliates, as well as other performance bonuses.
Messi, who turns 37 next month, has scored 10 goals this season, one less than leaders Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake), Christian Benteke (DC United) and Luis Suárez (Inter Miami).
The “Herons” They have the most expensive squad in the league with spending of 41.7 million. They double the rest, except Toronto (31.4 million) and Chicago (25.1 million). Nashville’s payroll of 21.4 million also exceeds what Messi earns.
Messi’s teammates include midfielder Sergio Busquets (8,774,996) and Uruguayan attacker Suárez and left back Jordi Alba (1.5 million each).
St. Louis has the most modest roster of the 29 clubs, spending $12 million, just behind Real Salt Lake and San Jose, both with $13.6 million.
The second highest paid player in the league is the Italian attacker Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto) with a salary of 15.4 million), followed by Busquets, the Swiss midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago) with 8,153,000, the Argentine midfielder Sebastián Driussi (Austin) with 6,722,500, the Italian attacker Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto) with 6,295,381) and the Swedish midfielder Emil Forsberg (New York Red Bulls) with 6,035,625.
The average base salary for first team players is US$513,075, not including players with the franchise player sign and who partially count towards the clubs’ salary cap. recorded an increase of 8.4% compared to the amount of US$ 473,292 at the beginning of last year.
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Source: Gestion
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