While Messi will earn 50 million in MLS, what legend Wayne Rooney earned in U.S.

The soccer world woke up this morning to the news that Lionel Messi has decided in which club he will continue his soccer career, as the Qatar 2022 world champion has decided to end his European career and migrate to U.S. soccer with Inter Miami, where he will earn around 50 million dollars per season.

It is no secret that Manchester United legend Sir David Beckham dreamed of bringing Messi to Miami and finally succeeded, beating FC Barcelona and Saudi Arabian football who also wanted the Argentine. However, the MLS offer was too high for Messi and he ended up accepting it.

Lionel Messi would earn 50 million dollars per season, which would be the largest contract in the history of the MLS, a league that for some years now has been taking big names from European soccer and offering them large contracts. The first of them, who even managed to obtain a franchise in the American league, was precisely David Beckham, who today is the owner of Inter Miami, Messi's new team.

Another of the great figures who had a brief stay in the MLS was Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney, who after winning absolutely everything with the Red Devils, decided to emigrate to the U.S. capital to play for D.C. United in 2019.

How much did Rooney earn in MLS?

When Wayne Rooney decided to migrate to MLS football and play for D.C. United, he had already conquered Europe. United, he had already conquered Europe, and arrived as one of the great figures of the American league. Playing for the capital team, Rooney received a salary of only 3.5 million dollars a year, an amount much lower than what Lionel Messi will receive.