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The MLS Players Association has released its 2026 salary information, with Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi by far the league's highest-paid player. According to data revealed by the MLSPA, Messi will receive guaranteed compensation of $28.3 million in 2026
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's cheat sheet on Argentina player wasn't needed, but Argentina players got a look at it anyway.
It's not that MLS made Messi better. But it may have helped him emphasize traits that make a major difference on the international level.
Lionel Messi more than doubled his salary to $25 million in his new contract with Inter Miami and earns more more than twice as much as the second-highest-paid player in Major League Soccer, Los Angeles FC's Son Heung-min. Messi’s new contract includes $ ...
Lionel Messi might be one of the shortest players on the field, but that hasn't stopped him from becoming the soccer G.O.A.T.