Ryan Gauld may struggle to get into Steve Clarke's Scotland squad but he is the stand out earner amongst former SPFL players in the MLS.
The 27-year-old, who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps, currently earns more than former Celtic stars Giorgos Giakoumakis and Victor Wanyama. Gauld has been a standout player for the Canadians since moving in 2021 from Portuguese side Farense and is now the highest earner at the club. The former Dundee United and Hibernian player is just outside the top 10 in the salaries list in the MLS this year. Ex-Liverpool attacker Xherdan Shaqiri tops the list with a salary of $8.15m (£6.5m) , while former Napoli star Lorenzo Insigne is second with a wage of $7.5m (£6m) at Toronto FC in the MLS's annualised average guaranteed compensation.
That figure includes a player's base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualised over the term of the player's contract and any marketing bonus and agent's fees, but doesn’t include performance bonuses since there’s no guarantee players will hit those bonuses.
