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Michael Bradley takes pay cut to help Toronto FC, Insigne also on reduced number
The MLS Players Association’s release of the 2023 salary list Tuesday raised a few questions on the topic of Toronto FC.
TFC’s Italian star Lorenzo Insigne, who led Major League Soccer with a salary of US$14 million last season, is No. 2 this year at $7.5 million (behind Chicago’s Xherdan Shaqiri at $8.15 million). And Toronto captain Michael Bradley, who earned $1.5 million last season, is making $614,826 this year.
TFC did not immediately offer an answer on the change in Insigne’s paycheque. But Bradley volunteered to take the salary cut.
Jason Hernandez, Toronto’s assistant general manager and former teammate of Bradley’s with TFC, said the 35-year-old skipper approached the club in the off-season offering to restructure his contract and take less money to give the team more resources to bolster the roster.