That freed up the DP slot that Messi now occupies. Pizarro, with precious little time to negotiate a transfer out of the club, agreed to terminate the remainder of his contract Friday night. The club has had to do some salary cap gymnastics to make all this work. It received the stiffest fine in MLS history for its efforts. Miami tried exceeding the DP threshold once before, in 2020, when it emerged that it essentially fielded five of them. Why not sign them to similarly lucrative DP deals as well? Because the South Florida club already had three designated players on its books: striker Leonardo Campana, midfielder Gregore and attacker Rodolfo Pizarro.
Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The hard part is fitting fellow longtime friends and former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba on the roster. So Messi's wages of $50 million to $60 million? For cap purposes, they're barely 1% of that.įrom a roster rules perspective, signing Messi was relatively easy. The MLS rulebook stipulates that clubs can carry three designated players, whose salaries will count for only $612,500 against the cap, regardless of what they actually earn.
Louis City SC and CF Montreal combined - in a deal that runs through the 2025 season, with sources telling ESPN there is an option for the 2026 campaign. Managing owner Jorge Mas confirmed that the Argentina captain and newly signed designated player will make between $50 million and $60 million a year - more than the 2023 team salaries of Real Salt Lake, Orlando City SC, New York Red Bulls, St. Getting Messi to Miami is a big enough financial hurdle. It is a seminal moment for the league in that arguably the greatest player in the history of the game has arrived on these shores less than a year after winning the World Cup, where he was named the tournament's best player. Lionel Messi has come to MLS to play for Inter Miami CF. Messi should be turning point for draconian MLS roster rules You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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