Lionel Messi is Major League Soccer's highest-paid player with a total guaranteed compensation of $20.45 million.

The salary is not comprehensive of his earnings, however, as he also benefits from other revenue streams such as his endorsement deal with Adidas and a revenue-sharing agreement with Apple. Messi could earn up to $150 million over his 2.5 year contract signed with Inter Miami and the MLS last year. 

Toronto FC forward Lorenzo Insigne ranked second with a guaranteed compensation of $15.44 million, followed by Messi's Inter Miami teammate Sergio Busquets at $8.77 million.

Chicago Fire forward Xherdan Shaqiri, the league's top earner at this time a year ago, is in fourth position at $8.15 million followed by Austin FC forward Sebastián Driussi at $6.72 million.

Messi's $20.4 million salary is more than the entire payroll of 25 other MLS clubs. 

Total guaranteed compensation per team:

1. Inter Miami - $41.68 million

2. Toronto FC - $31.41 million

3. Chicago Fire - $25.13 million

4. Nashville SC - $21.4 million

5. FC Cincinnati - $18.71 million

6. Austin FC - $18.41 million

7. New England Revolution - $18.32 million

8. LA Galaxy - $17.93 million

9. New York Red Bulls - $17.11 million

10. Houston Dynamo - $16.77 million

11. Atlanta United - $16.66 million

12. Seattle Sounders - $16.58 million

13. New York City FC - $16.54 million

14. Colorado Rapids - $16.33 million

 
15. FC Dallas - $16.23 million

16. D.C. United - $16.17 million

17. LAFC - $15.9 million

18. Sporting Kansas City - $15.87 million

19. Portland Timbers - $15.37 million

20. Vancouver Whitecaps - $15.2 million

21. Columbus Crew - $15.19 million

22. Orlando City - $15.07 million

23. Minnesota United - $14.91 million

24. Philadelphia Union - $14.82 million

25. Charlotte FC - $14.53 million

26. San Jose Earthquakes - $13.63 million

27. Real Salt Lake - $13.6 million

28. CF Montréal - $12.05 million

29. St. Louis City - $11.79 million

Austin FC has been awarded the 2025 MLS All-Star Game.

Bayern Munich are attempting to reach agreement with Thomas Tuchel for him to extend his tenure as manager. Bayern has struggled to replace Tuchel with multiple preferred candidates.

Bayern announced in February that Tuchel would exit as manager at the end of the season.

While Bayern was unable to compete with Bayer Leverkusen to win the Bundesliga, they did advance to the Champions League semifinals and narrowly lost to Real Madrid.

Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to put them on the verge of the fourth consecutive Premier League title. City has 88 points going into the final match of the season, while Arsenal has 86. Arsenal has a one goal lead on goal differential and will need City to tie or lose while they win in order to win the league.

Erling Haaland scored in the 51st minute on an assist from Kevin De Bruyne.

Son Heung-min broke free late in the match for a great chance to bring Spurs level, but Stefan Ortega made an outstanding save to keep City ahead.

Jeremy Doku soon won a penalty that was converted by Haaland to put the match away for City.

Canada has hired Jesse Marsch as manager on a deal that will run through the 2026 World Cup.

Marsch previously managed Leeds and RB Leipzig.

"This team is going to be something that the entire Canadian community is going to be so excited about and ready to support," Marsch said during the announcement. "We're going to play with power and inspiration, and we're going to go for it.

"I can't wait to get started."

Canada is grouped with World Cup champions Argentina, Peru and Chile at this summer's Copa America. 

Olivier Giroud has signed with LAFC and will join the club after the Euros this summer.

LAFC’s general manager, John Thorrington, said the club has been eager to add Giroud since last year.

With Arsenal and Manchester City both winning on the penultimate weekend of the 23-24 Premier League season, the title will come down to the final slate of games on Sunday, May 19.

City will play Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday and West Ham on Sunday, while Arsenal will play Everton on Sunday as they have a match in hand.

City will win the Premier League if they win both matches, while Arsenal will win if they beat Everton and City drop points in either of the final two matches and also maintain their current three-goal lead in goal differential.

Ahead of City's match against Spurs, they are the oddsmakers favorites to win the Premier League at -300, which is an implied probability of 75 percent.

Gareth Southgate has declined an opportunity to confirm he will remain as manager of England beyond the 2024 Euros. Southgate's contract with England expires in December.

The Football Association would like to extend Southgate for the 2026 World Cup. Southgate has managed England since 2016.

Southgate is a serious candidate to become manager of Manchester United.

In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Southgate said: "I think '26 will be an amazing World Cup. I'm old enough to remember '94 [in the U.S.] I didn't go and obviously England didn't qualify.

"But you know that any sporting event the U.S. are involved in hosting -- and clearly Mexico '86 I also remember -- that will be an amazing tournament, which will be a different sort of challenge.

"If you think about the travel and the time zones compared to the last World Cup, it couldn't be more different. Temperature changes, altitude and everything else that you could face. So that would also be an amazing tournament."

Southgate was asked whether the World Cup will tempt to remain as manager of England.

"That will depend on playing well, getting results and wanting to stay. Any number of things would be wrapped up in that. But that's for after this summer, really."

Kylian Mbappe has publicly confirmed he will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the conclusion of the current season. PSG was eliminated from the Champions League this week after they lost in the semifinals to Borussia Dortmund.

Mbappe is widely expected to sign with Real Madrid.

"Hi everyone, it's Kylian. I wanted to speak to you, I've always said that I would speak with you when the time comes and so I wanted to announce to you all that it's my last year at Paris Saint-Germain," said Mbappe.

"I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks. I will play my last game at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.

"It's a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and the great honour to be a member of the biggest French club, one of the best in the world which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player of course, by being alongside some of the best in history, some of the greatest champions, to meet a lot of people, to grow as a man as well with all the glory and the mistakes I've made."

Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Monaco on a transfer worth €180 million. Mbappe went on to win the World Cup with France the next season and were the runners up in 2022. 

While PSG enjoyed great success in Ligue 1 during Mbappe's tenure, they were unable to accomplish their goal of winning the Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen tied Roma 2-2 to advance to the Europa League championship, going through 4-2 on aggregate. 

Leverkusen also broke Benfica’s record for the longest sequence without defeat by a top-flight European team in all competitions by extending their unbeaten streak to 49 matches.

Xabi Alonso's side already won the Bundesliga.