NASHVILEY (AP) — Hani Mukhtar is the highest-paid footballer in Nashville SC, second in the vote for Most Valuable Professional in Major League Soccer last year – and is virtually unknown in Germany.
“It’s not that bad for me. I enjoy life here, it’s really cool. I live my dream, I play football in America. Not many people can say that,” the season began. First said the offensive player of the German press agency. Weekend with kick-off in Seattle. “A lot of people say it’s a boring league and a league for older people. I don’t see it that way, I can grow here too.”
The fact that Mukhtar is largely unknown in Germany as MLS still only sparks interest when a big name in European football moves there – see Bastian Schweinsteiger, Zlatan Ibrahimovic or David Beckham. But the league’s claim is different, with the US hosting the World Cup along with Canada and Mexico in 2026. There are still professionals who are at the domestic level of their careers, such as former Bundesliga professional Xherdan Shaqiri, who went to the Chicago Fire. But increasingly stories like Alfonso Davis are also emerging.
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The full-back from Canada was still a special case in 2018 when he switched from MLS to FC Bayern Munich. However, Riccardo Pepi’s transfer to FC Augsburg, Kevin Paredes to VfL Wolfsburg and Georg Bello to Arminia Bielefeld during the German winter break are all indications that the Bundesliga, like other top European leagues, is now considering the MLS as a pool for talented people. Recognizing in. People who want to develop in North America. This, in turn, helps to attract players such as Mukhtar, who has won titles in Portugal, Austria and Denmark after training in Hertha BSC’s youth team and heads into the football age at 26.
Berliner sees prowess for the big European leagues, but feels no pressure. “I believe I have the ability to play in Europe. Should it? No, I feel good here. I can continue my career here too, I have no problem with that,” he said. “It’s a very exciting league, there’s a lot of lucrative football every week and there’s a lot of goals in it. Teams play to win, you see a lot of talent in the league. It’s growing and it’s going to get better and better.” It’s the next few years.”
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Mukhtar is the player who has been building the team in Nashville for the past two years and benefits from a special role he was once offered to Beckham. As a so-called “designated player”, only a small portion of his salary is included in the range each team has to meet, which is roughly five million dollars. Each team can have up to three professionals on the team, who earn significantly more than the other players.
For Mukhtar, it was $1.505 million last season – on the other hand, five of his mostly younger teammates only received a $63,547 minimum wage. “It’s not a big issue for us in training or in the dressing room. In the end it’s an honor and you try to live up to that honor,” Mukhtar said.
Last season, in particular, the professional managed it very, very well. In 33 games, he scored 19 goals and made 10 assists, and he finished second in the MVP pick. However, hoping for a championship en route to the championship after their opening goal in regular time in the quarterfinals was also a missed attempt around a penalty and defender Kai Wagner’s loss against the Philadelphia Union. “It was very, very bitter,” said Mukhtar. Because: “I take it seriously here, I want to get better, I want to achieve something with the team too.”
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