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Messi is the highest-earning player in MLS
Lionel Messi is the top earner in Major League Soccer and he is making more than 25 entire team rosters from the division.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Inter Miami and Argentina superstar rakes in $20.45 million in total guaranteed compensation per year, according to data released by the MLS Players Association. Messi's team-mate Sergio Busquets is third on the list with a salary of $8.77m , behind Toronto forward Lorenzo Insigne in second with guaranteed compensation of $15.44m. Busquets and Messi account for a whopping 70% of Inter Miami's total wage bill, a bill which is an MLS record. Fellow foreign stars Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba are said to be on $1.5m apiece, a very low total compared to their previous deals in Europe.