According to reports from the Daily Express (UK), Messi has earned a whopping 62 million USD (approximately 1,505 billion VND) in just four months since he joined Inter Miami Club. The team is owned and managed by former football player David Beckham.
Lionel Messi made history in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States when he signed a two-year contract with Inter Miami Club on July 15, with an annual salary of up to $54 million. However, this amount could potentially increase to $62 million with additional sponsorship contracts from the tournament. Despite not being as lucrative as the offer he received from Al Hilal Club from the Saudi Pro League last summer, which was over $400 million annually, Messi is currently content with his life in the US and earning the highest salary in MLS history. He has also secured long-term endorsement deals with Adidas and Apple TV, which could earn him another $20.4 million. This estimate includes revenue from shirt sales and online broadcasts shared between MLS and Apple TV.
Last October, the MLS Players Association disclosed the basic salary of the famous Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, revealing that he tops the list with a whopping “hard” salary of 54 million USD per year. In second place is Lorenzo Insigne of Toronto FC, earning a salary of 15.4 million USD, followed by Xherdan Shaqiri of Chicago Fire FC with an income of 8.1 million USD. Messi’s salary is considerably higher than these two players. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez of the LA Galaxy Club comes in fourth with a salary of 7.44 million USD, followed by Federico Bernardeschi of Toronto FC with a salary of 6.3 million USD, completing the list of MLS players with the highest salaries.
The LA Galaxy team boasts two talented players, Messi and his fellow teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. However, when it comes to salary, their earnings are not on par with Messi’s reported annual compensation of 30 million USD. In fact, neither Busquets nor Alba make it into the top 10 highest-paid MLS players, with salaries of only 1.75 million USD and 1.25 million USD, respectively. Interestingly, the Inter Miami Club leads the pack in terms of total guaranteed remuneration, with an impressive 39.419 million dollars.
