LOS ANGELES.- Lionel Messi He remains the highest paid footballer in the world MLSaccording to an update to the salary list published this Tuesday, which revealed the salaries of newcomers such as James Rodriguez, German Berterame and Timo Werner.
The 28.3 million guaranteed dollars that Messi receives annually in the Inter Miami They remain at a stark distance from the rest of the players in the North American league.
This salary does not include other types of income for the Argentine star, such as his extensive sponsorship portfolio or his option to take a stake in the Florida franchise, which he joined in mid-2023.
The albiceleste captain, current Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the league at 38 years old, has committed to remaining in Miami until the end of the 2028 season.
His salary tops the list published this Tuesday by the MLS Players Association (MLSPA).
The South Korean Son Heung-Minfigure of Los Angeles FC (LAFC) since last season, remains in second place with 11.2 million dollars annually.
Third place is occupied by the Argentine midfielder Rodrigo DePaulMessi’s teammate at Inter and in the Albiceleste team that won the World Cup in Qatar 2022with 9.7 million dollars.
The Mexican Hirving “Chucky” Lozano is in fourth place ($9.3 million), despite the fact that this season it is away from the discipline of San Diego FCand the Paraguayan Miguel Almiron (7.9 million), of Atlanta Unitedin the fifth.
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Colombian Rodríguez appears on the list for the first time with an annual salary of $684,000, which leaves him as the ninth highest paid in the country. Minnesota United.
This amount may even decrease, since the playmaker, who landed in the MLS in February, is set to leave United in the middle of the campaign.
The other big signings of the year were the Mexican-Argentine forward Berterame (Inter Miami), who appears with a salary of 3.8 million dollars, and the German Werner (San Jose Earthquakes), with 4.3 million.
