Although constrained by its own wage standards, the MLS has attracted top names in world soccer with some of the biggest contracts in the Americas.
The current MLS figures and their salaries
According to data from the players’ union, the highest paid footballer in this season is Xherdan Shaqiri31-year-old captain of the Swiss team, whose salary with the Chicago Fire reaches the $8.1 million.
Behind the midfielder are the Italian international Lorenzo Insigneformer star of Naples and current forward of the Toronto F.C.with $7.5 million and the mexican Javier “Chicharito” Hernandezlow due to injury for the rest of the season with the LA Galaxywith 7.4 million.
All of them are far removed from the monumental contract that awaits Messiestimated at about 60 million dollars annual counting trade agreements with Manzana and adidas and the value of future participation in the Inter offered by their owners.
Among the most emblematic figures of the MLS of the last five years, another renowned Mexican point stands out, Carlos candle. At only 28 years old and being a player quoted in Europethe ‘Bomber’ embarked in 2018 on the adventure of being the first signing in the history of a new franchise of the MLShe Los Angeles FC (LAFC).
The bet paid off and Candle He was reaping trophies for Best Player and Top Scorer (both in 2019) until he lifted his long-awaited league title in 2022.
the venezuelan Joseph Martinez he also grabbed those two individual awards in 2018 when he was leading the atlanta united under the orders of Gerardo Martinothe coach of Messi in it inter miamiwhere they will be partners.
The Argentinian Lucas Zelarayán He is another of the great talents of the MLS and in 2020 he played a fundamental role in the championship of the Columbus Crew. He now forms a fearsome offensive duo with the Colombian Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernandez.
First active footballer of the MLS in raising one world Cupthe Argentinian Thiago Almada is shaping up to be the next big sale of the MLS to European football, following in the footsteps of the Canadian Alfonso Davies or the Paraguayan Miguel Almiron.
Almadaex Velez 22 years old, left glimpses of quality as soon as he landed in the atlanta united and this season he has 8 goals and 10 assists (the best mark in the championship) in 19 games.
The 16 million dollars who invested Atlanta in their signing they symbolize the will of the MLS to generate its own stars and stop being seen as a retirement destination. Another Argentine who is a figure there is Sebastian Driussiex River 27 years old, who shines in the Austin Football Club.
The arrival of other pearls such as the Uruguayan facundo torres23-year-old winger Orlando Cityor Spanish Riqui Puigthe small and creative midfielder of the Galaxy formed in the school of Barcelona.
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Without a surname as recognized as the previous ones, the German Hany Mukhtar (Nashville) is the great fear of the networks of the MLS after he was MVP of 2022 and this year he led the gunners table with 13 goals in 22 games.
Gabonese follows Denis Bouanga (12 targets), substitute in the point of attack of the LAFC from colombian Cristian ‘Chicho’ Arangoback this month at the MLS now in the uniform Royal Salt Lake.
After Mukhtar and Bouanga there are five Latin American attackers who have accumulated 10 goals: the Argentines Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati), Julian Carranza (Philadelphia Union) and Christian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes), the Mexican Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) and the Colombian-American Jesus Ferreira (FC Dallas).
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