“La Pulga” is the coal king…
In July 2023, Lionel Messi (36) moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami in the North American professional league MLS. The American club did not have to pay a transfer fee for the world champion from Argentina.
Nevertheless: Messi doesn’t play in Miami for free. The league has now made public how much money the world star collects from his club.
Accordingly, Messi can earn the equivalent of 19.3 million euros in salary per year. This number is made up of the pure basic salary of around 11.3 million euros plus other bonus payments.
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This makes him the highest paid player in the MLS. This is evident from the MLS’ annual figures that have just been published.
However, this sum only includes Messi’s salary. At the beginning of the year, Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas (60) revealed to the Spanish newspaper El País that Messi’s total compensation, which also includes a share of the league’s Apple TV deal, is between 47 and 57 million euros.
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In addition to Messi, the other Inter players are doing well in terms of performance. His former Barça colleagues Sergio Busquets (35) and Jordi Alba (34) come to around 1.58 million and 1.18 million euros, respectively. In total, Inter Miami pays its stars over 37.3 million euros in salary. No other club spends more on their professionals every year.
For comparison: Messi’s annual salary is more than twice as high as that of all Orlando City players, who together receive “only” 9.14 million euros.
Lorenzo Insigne (32) from Toronto FC is in second place in the league’s salary rankings. The Italian striker collects 14.6 million euros.
Xherdan Shaqiri (32) from Chicago Fire (7.7 million euros/ex-Bayern star), Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez (35) from LA Galaxy (7.05 million euros) and Federico Bernardeschi (29) from FC Toronto ($5.97 million) are also among the top five highest earners.
Also interesting: Miami, Toronto and LA Galaxy, the clubs that pay their stars the highest salaries, have all already been eliminated from the play-offs.
++++ All data is as of September 15, 2023. Salary figures have been annualized for players like Messi who came into the league during the summer transfer window.
2023-10-19 14:48:26
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