The article is from Journal de Montreal, a really well known media in Montreal, they were at the press conference and reporting what the owner Joey Saputo told that Nacho would be paid in the top 5 players in the league. « Nacho est dans le top 5 de la ligue et le contrat fait en sorte qu’il va être payé comme un top 5 dans la ligue. » You can translate this from French. Then you see at the moment he signed his contract: Top paid players in MLS Kaká (6,6 M$ US), Michael Bradley (6 M$ US), David Villa (5,61 M$), Sebastian Giovinco (5,6 M$ US) and Andrea Pirlo (5,6 M$ US). Here is an English speaking article from Montreal http://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/new-deal-places-impact-star-ignacio-piatti-among-top-earners-in-mls .

#419924 Ignacio Piatti

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30 Jan 2018 22:31:38

Why did you disable he's paid 5 mil usd a year... It's my local club I know lots about it.

#419923 Oriol Rosell

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30 Jan 2018 22:29:50

His wages are too high, he's not a designated player for Orlando, his contract is probably between 6-8k

#419921 Ignacio Piatti

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30 Jan 2018 22:20:20

He's resigned with the Impact until the end of the 2019 season in MLS which ends in december. When he signed his contract a couple of months ago it was told by the owner Joey Saputo that he would be in the top 5 paid players in the league which was around 5 million US dollars. I converted it to GBP