{"id":582831,"date":"2026-05-14T02:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582831\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:51:17","slug":"josh-sargent-11th-highest-mls-earner-after-norwich-city-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582831\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Sargent 11th highest MLS earner after Norwich City exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Figures released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mlsplayers.org\/resources\/salary-guide?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLS Players Association<\/a> have revealed the size of wage increase that the 26-year-old received after his extensive transfer saga at Carrow Road, which was eventually concluded in March through an initial \u00a317m deal between the clubs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sargent sits 11th in the list behind the likes of Lionel Messi, Heung-Min Son and Thomas Muller. The former City striker has a base salary worth $3.21m (\u00a32.37m) but has a guaranteed total compensation of $5.26m (\u00a33.89m) for 2026, ahead of most of the league\u2019s attacking stars.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Toronto sits in the middle of the table for overall salary contribution, ranking 14th out of 30 clubs at $21.4 million. Sargent, therefore, is picking up almost a quarter of their total salary outlay for 2026 in his role as a designated player.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The move to the BMO Field was mired in controversy after he decided to declare himself unavailable for City&#8217;s FA Cup third round clash against Walsall. He was subsequently banished to the under-21s, with Philippe Clement taking a hardline stance against his behaviour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sargent eventually got his wish after the clubs agreed a deal that could tick over \u00a321m, but one that has undoubtedly affected how many City supporters view his legacy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  City opted to move for Australian international Mo Toure, who has made a blistering start to his Canaries career alongside Jovon Makama&#8217;s run of goal-scoring form that helped soften the blow of Sargent&#8217;s saga and eventual departure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sargent&#8217;s return is still significantly shy of Messi&#8217;s financial package, which has more than doubled after a contract extension last October. The Argentine international saw his base salary at Inter Miami rise substantially, while overall the deal is worth $28.3m (\u00a320.9m) in guaranteed compensation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Mohamed Toure scores his second hat-trick since his January arrival\"\/>Mohamed Toure&#8217;s impressive early impact has helped ease the void left by Sargent&#8217;s exit. (Image: Paul Chesterton\/Focus Images Ltd)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Compared to Toronto&#8217;s other additions in the recent window, Sargent is the most costly. Benjamin Kuscevic is earning $804,982, Matheus Pereira will receive $650,800, Raheem Edwards is on $414,340, while Emilio Aristizabal will collect $344,788.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sargent has made a slow start to life in Toronto, netting twice in his opening seven MLS matches before a thigh injury ruled him out of the last two games against San Jose and Inter Miami.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  German outlet Bild have also suggested that Werder Bremen pocketed \u20ac900k from a sell-on clause in Sargent\u2019s move to Canada from Carrow Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Figures released by the MLS Players Association have revealed the size of wage increase that the 26-year-old received&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}