Luis Suárez It is already one of the great additions of the Inter Miamia team that continues to add stars to its template and grow every year as one of the best in the Mls.
However, the salary of the Uruguayan striker causes surprise, since, despite its importance within the team, its salary is significantly lower compared to that of other figures of Major League Soccer (MLS), especially that of his partner Lionel Messi.
Luis Suárez’s salary at Inter Miami
According to various reports, Luis Suarez receives 1.7 million dollars annually with Inter Miami, a figure that includes guaranteed compensations and possible bonds for yield. In more specific terms, your salary is distributed as follows:
- Monthly: $ 119,000
- Weekly: $ 28,000
- Diary: $ 4,000
Although this figure is considerable, it is still well below the contracts of other MLS soccer players, including their teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets.
Why is Suárez not a franchise player?
The MLS has a strict salary limit that prevents teams from paying large sums of money to all its players. However, there is an exception known as “Franchise player” (Designated Player, DP), which allows each club to have up to three players who exceed the salary stop.
Currently, Inter Miami has three franchise players:
1. Lionel Messi – 20.4 million dollars
2. Sergio Busquets – 8.77 million dollars
3. Jordi Alba – 1.9 million dollars
Surprisingly, Luis Suarez is not a franchise player, which explains his relatively low salary compared to other stars of the team and the league.
Jordi Alba was not it either, until before incanding the season, with the departure of Leonardo Campana, he left the vacancy of this recognition and granted the designation.
In this way, Jordi Alba joins Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets as Franchise players. While Luis Suárez, Tadeo Allende, Julian Gressel, Maxi Falcón, Gonzalo Luján and David Martínez occupy Tam category places.
Comparison with the best paid players of the MLS
Despite its enormous career in teams such as Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, Luis Suarez does not include among the best paid players of the MLS. The list of players with the highest income is as follows:
1. Lionel Messi – 20.4m
2. Lorenzo Insigne – 15.4m
3. Sergio Busquets – 8.77m
4. Sebastián Driussi – 6.72m
5. Federico Bernardeschi – 6.29m
While Suarez remains a key piece for Inter Miami, its contract shows that the club has prioritized its salary structure instead of allocating one of the franchise player places.
Suárez’s current value according to the Transfermarkt page is $ 2.8 million. Very far what Barcelona costs in 2016 ($ 60 million) and becoming valued at $ 80 million when it was in its top with the Barca club.
With a contract until December 2025, the Uruguayan striker continues his career in the MLS, where he seeks to continue scoring goals and consolidating his legacy in American football.
