Javier Hernández, Canelo Álvarez or Chucky Lozano: who is the Mexican with the best salary of 2021

Despite of being a very difficult year economically speaking due to the coronavirus pandemic by the beginning of the 2020, some of the most important Mexican athletes did not stop inflating their bank accounts. The boxing fighter “Canelo” Alvarez once again occupies the position as the highest paid Mexican athlete of 2020, according to the annual ranking of Forbes Mexico. Since 2017 when he passed over the baseball player Adrian Gonzalez, Saul Alvarez became the number one on the list.

The second highest paid Mexican athlete is the Wolverhampton striker, Raul Jimenez, who at the beginning of October 2020, renewed his contract with the English club until 2024, for which the player shielded with 90 million Euros, 8.3 million dollars annually in the event that an important team wants to take him. Jimenez has also established commercial agreements with the energy drink Predator and with Bridgestone. In addition, it has participations for the video game FIFA, from EA Sports.

The third highest paid Mexican is Javier Hernández, who came to the MLS as one of his stellar signings, however due to injuries and poor game level, he only played 12 games and scored two goals in the regular season. The LA Galaxy team pays $ 7.2 million in annual salary and also deposited $ 10 million to Sevilla FC for the card of the Mexican forward, who has a three-year contract with the Galaxy.

Carlos Vela would be the fourth highest paid with a 6.5 million dollars annual salary. Vela is one of the three soccer players that sells the most shirts in the MLS and in the last season, he was named the MVP for the league. Hirving Lozano rises as the fifth highest paid, with a 5.3 million dollars contract, although this will not last long, since many important teams in Europe are interested in the Mexican. Chucky Lozano, is one of the main Latin American images for Nike