Serie A teams preferred spending on fees rather than handing out large salaries in the most recent window. The overall tally is similar to the past season: 1,06B, Calcio e Finanza reports.
After 11 years, Juventus no longer have the largest wages-bill in the Peninsula thanks to their several departures. Inter are at the top with €141,7M gross following their Bosman additions and pricey renewals. The only other team above the nine-digit threshold is Milan (€104,3M).
The usual suspects follow the top Serie A trio: Roma (nearly €90M) and Napoli (€82,9). Lazio are in sixth place but quite distant (€68,2). Fiorentina (€61,6M) precede Atalanta (€59,2) by about €2.5M. Torino are next. The biggest surprise in the list is Como, which lands in 10th place in their first season in the top flight in ages. They’ll shell out €38.1M after their lavish summer, even more than Bologna (€36,1M), which will participate in the Champions League.
Inter and Milan increased their personnel cost by about €16%, and Napoli did it by 15,5% despite shedding their biggest salary, Victor Osimhen’s, which accounted for €13,1M gross on its own. Roma were busy making moves but also trimmed a lot of fat, registering a 17% decrease. Lazio went in the same direction with a minus 10 percent. Genoa, Cagliari, Empoli, and Verona also followed the trend. The Scaligeri nearly sliced their payroll in half. Bologna made the biggest jump in Serie A percentage-wise (€23,6%). Instead, the Scudetto winners and La Dea did it in terms of amount of money, €20M and €10M respectively.
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