The highest paid Mexicans are in MLS, Vela and Chicharito, but that may change if Porto accepts Jesus Corona’s terms to renew his contract.
Jesus Crown aims to become the highest paid Mexican footballer for the 2021-2022 season. After eight years in Old Continent football, the striker wants his best contract to continue with FC Porto, which includes a salary increase multiplied by four to continue defending the Dragons.
According to reports, Tecatito Corona wants a salary of 6 million euros per season to extend his contract with Porto, which ends in 2022, which would mean quadrupling his current income, which is around 1.5 million euros, according to information from Salary Sport.
The new contract of the Porto striker would exceed the income they get Carlos Vela and Javier Hernández, The two highest paid in the MLS, both with revenues of 5.3 million and 5 million euros, just below Tecatito Corona.
Hirving Lozano is still the highest paid Mexican footballer in Europe, because Napoli gives him a salary of 4.5 million euros a year, according to the annual salary report published by Gazzeta dello Sport.
Tecatito Corona is the ninth highest paid player in Porto, where the Brazilian Felipe Anderson is the best income with 4.9 million euros. Elements like Pepe, Agustín Marchesín and Matheus Uribe have better incomes than the Mexican, who came to the Dragons in 2015.
Héctor Herrera and Raúl Jiménez are in the second and third step of income of Mexican players in the old continent. The Atletico Madrid midfielder with revenues of 3.7 million euros, while the Wolves striker with 2.4 million euros, a situation that will change if Porto meets the requirements of Jesus Crown.
Andrés Guardado, Néstor Araujo and Edson Álvarez are in a similar range of revenues in Europe, between 1.6 and 1.8 million euros per year.
While the lowest-income Mexican players in European football are Érick Gutiérrez, Gerardo Arteaga and Diego Lainez, all with less than a million dollars in revenue per season.
Salary of Mexican footballers in Europe 2021-2022
Jesus Crown 6.0 million euros
Carlos Vela 5,300,000 euros
Javier Hernández 5 million euros
Hirving Lozano 4.5 million euros
Héctor Herrera 3.7 million euros
Raúl Jiménez 2.4 million euros
Andrés Guardado 1.9 million euros
Néstor Araujo 1.8 million euros
Edson Alvarez 1.6 million euros
Érick Gutiérrez 0.7 million euros
Gerardo Arteaga 0.5 million euros
Diego Lainez 0.4 million euros
Source: sports salary, spotrac, sports newspaper
* If Porto accepts the conditions of the Mexican.