REVEALED: Zlatan Ibrahimovic paid MLS record £5.7m salary this season by LA Galaxy as Wayne Rooney nets £2.75m in Washington Ibrahimovic earned £1.18m in first year but his pay has risen to £5.7m this year It broke the previous mark of £5.59m paid to Toronto's Sebastian Giovinco The average base salary for all players in the MLS this year is £296,00
By Ap Reporter
Published: 00:32 BST, 13 June 2019 | Updated: 00:32 BST, 13 June 2019
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LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is earning a Major League Soccer-record $7.2million (£5.7m) salary this season.
The 37-year-old Ibrahimovic, who earned a relatively modest $1.5m (£1.18m) last year, broke the previous mark of Toronto's Sebastian Giovinco, who had $7.1m (£5.59m) in total compensation in both 2017 and 2018.
The MLS Players Association said Wednesday the average base salary