Bloms’ MLS Salary Revealed – iDiski Times

The salary of former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Njabulo Blom at Major League Soccer side St. Louis City has been revealed the league’s salary guide.

Blom, 23, left Amakhosi in December to join the newly-formed MLS franchise, following in the footsteps of the likes of Kaizer Motaung and Doctor Khumalo to ply his trade in the United States.

At St. Louis he linked up with fellow South African Bradley Carnell, and the new franchise had a dream start under the South African tactician, winning their first five league games.

However, the have since slowed a bit down and now won just one of their last six league matches, with St. Louis currently sitting in third place in the Western Conference.

Blom himself has made six MLS appearances for his new club so far, but just one in the starting XI. His progress was hampered by the time he spent on the treatment table after he picked up Covid-19 around Bafana Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Liberia, and later also a groin injury.

But he returned to the pitch over the weekend, featuring 45 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Chicago.

Meanwhile, the league’s salary guide has been published – it contains salary information for all MLS players under contract as of 30 April 2023, with the data freely shared with the public, unlike in South Africa.

The Chiefs academy product is earning $246,000 (R4.73 million) in base salary and $338,250 (R6.51 million) in guaranteed compensation per year at his new club – Blom’s monthly guaranteed compensation is R28,188 (R543,000).

Note: The Annual Average Guaranteed Compensation (Guaranteed Compensation) number includes a player’s base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, including option years. The Average Annual Guaranteed Compensation figure also includes any marketing bonus and any agent’s fees, both annualized over the term of the contract. The Average Annual Guaranteed Compensation figure does not include Performance Bonuses because there is no guarantee that the player will hit those bonuses.

Blom signed a two-year contract that runs through the end of the 2024 MLS regular season with two option years in 2025 and 2026, the club had confirmed.

Former Liverpool winger Sheridan Shaqiri is currently the top earner in the MLS, pocketing $8,153,000 (R157 million) in guaranteed compensation per year from Chicago Fire.