US EditionMiami's Lionel Messi at $20.4 Million Earns More than 21 Other MLS Teams' Payrolls This Year
- For the third consecutive year, Lionel Messi leads Major League Soccer in earnings with an annual salary of $20.45 million, surpassing the combined payrolls of 21 MLS teams.
- Messi signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Inter Miami in summer 2023 amid hopes he will extend his stay, with contract talks ongoing this year.
- Inter Miami's total salary budget reached a record $46.84 million, nearly half of which goes to Messi, and the team won its first silverware after his arrival in 2023.
- The MLS Players Association reported the average guaranteed player salary rose 9.2% to $649,199, with 11 players earning over $5 million this season.
- Co-Owner Jorge Mas expressed optimism about Messi feeling at home and hopes Messi will continue winning trophies with Inter Miami in coming years.
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Mls: with More than $20 Million a Year, Lionel Messi Still the Best Paid Player in the United States
The U.S. Football Championship player association has revealed the salaries of footballers. The Argentinian dominates this ranking, although its winnings are not limited to sports income alone.
New York, Jun 25 (EFE).- Lionel Messi, from Inter Miami, remains the best paid player of the MLS with 20.4 million dollars of salary in 2025. The MLS Player Union (MLSPA) published on Wednesday the salary data of the league corresponding to this season and on the 10th of the Albiceleste returned to the first place. Second appears the Italian Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC) with 15.4 million while the third place is for the Spanish Sergio Busquets (…
Messi remains highest-paid player in MLS
Inter Miami superstar, Lionel Messi, remains the best-paid player in the Major League Soccer, MLS, for the second consecutive year. This was revealed in data published by the MLS Players Association. It showed that Messi earns a total guaranteed compensation of $20.45m. The figure also represents a bit of the 38-year-old’s earnings, as he also gets from other revenue streams like an endorsement deal with Adidas and a revenue-sharing agreement wi…
Life seems to move at the speed of vertigo in the current times and so does football. What we find a novelty today becomes something obsolete the next morning and even the chromes seem to raise gray hairs as soon as we take them out of the original envelope to expose them to the rawness of the album: everything seems susceptible to fall into oblivion sooner than later, but no. Leo Messi is still the best footballer on the planet. He was 20 years…
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