Mls Salaries: Son Heung-min Deal Pays $11m, Second Only To Lionel Messi

Los Angeles FC guardant Son Heung-min tops Major League Soccer’s summertime signings pinch an yearly net of $10.4m and full compensation of $11.2m, becoming nan second-highest-paid subordinate down Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi.

Son joined LAFC successful August aft much than a decade astatine Tottenham and scored 9 goals successful 10 regular play MLS matches.

Messi receives a $12m yearly net and earns $20.4m successful full compensation from Inter Miami. Those figures screen what Messi receives from his first MLS deal, which runs done nan 2025 season, including immoderate trading prize and agent’s fees. They do not relationship for immoderate further agreements pinch nan squad aliases its affiliates, aliases for immoderate capacity bonuses.

Miami said past week Messi had agreed to a caller woody done 2028.

Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, Messi’s caller Miami teammate, has a $1.5m yearly net and $3,619,320 successful full compensation.

Other notable additions to nan convention during nan summertime signing model included San Diego winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano ($6m/$7.6m), Chicago winger Jonathan Bamba ($5m/$5.6m), Charlotte winger Wilfried Zaha ($2.7m/$2.8m), Vancouver midfielder Thomas Müller ($1.3m/$1.4m), Columbus guardant Wessam Abou Ali ($1.8m/$2.2m) and Philadelphia guardant Milan Iloski ($500,000/$552,569).