Inter Miami's Argentine forward Lionel Messi celebrates a goal Credit: Giorgio Viera / AFP

Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer with an annual base salary of $25 million — more than twice as much as the next-highest paid player Son Heung-min, the MLS Players Association said Tuesday.

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