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Shaqiri heads Insigne, Hernandez as highest-paid MLS player / Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI - AFP

Shaqiri heads Insigne, Hernandez as highest-paid MLS player

SPORTS 16.05.2023

Chicago Fire's Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer, data released by the league's players union showed Tuesday.

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Figures revealed by the MLS Players Association (MLSPA) showed that Shaqiri earns a guaranteed $8.15 million, pipping Toronto's Lorenzo Insigne ($7.5 million) and Los Angeles Galaxy's Javier Hernandez ($7.44 million).

Insigne's Toronto team-mate and fellow Italy international Federico Bernardeschi is fourth on the list with $6.3 million while Austin's Sebastian Driussi is fifth on the list with $6 million.

Shaqiri, 31, has scored seven goals in 35 appearances since joining the league last year after a career in European football that included stints with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Liverpool and Lyon.

Overall, Toronto FC have the highest wage bill in MLS, with a payroll of $25.74 million, ahead of Los Angeles Galaxy with $23.46 million.

Atlanta United are the third biggest spenders with $21.26 million, ahead of D.C. United with $20 million.

O.Brown--AT

Arizona Tribune - Shaqiri heads Insigne, Hernandez as highest-paid MLS player

Shaqiri heads Insigne, Hernandez as highest-paid MLS player

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