11. Jermaine Jones: $3.05 Million
The saga that involved the United States Men’s National Team midfielder linking up with the New England Revolution in 2014 was one of the weirdest we will hopefully ever see in the league. A blind draw – seriously, a blind draw – was utilized to determine that Jermaine Jones would join the Revolution, yet another reminder that the North American top flight may want to reconsider the single-entity structure. There is plenty right and plenty wrong with MLS, but the story that finished with Jones becoming a New England player was ridiculous and could have been avoided had the league (gasp!) let the player sign for the team of his choice.
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10. Giovani Dos Santos: $4.1 Million
Giovani Dos Santos agreeing to terms with MLS and with LA Galaxy in the summer of 2015 will hopefully, along with other such similar moves, represent a shift in the type of designated players clubs covet moving forward. Dos Santos is a mainstay in the Mexico Men’s National Team who recently turned 26 years old and is thus in the prime of his playing days. He is a marketable star who is also a talented attacking option. LA Galaxy have a long history of getting things right over the past several years, and Dos Santos could be yet another stroke of genius for the club.
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