Italian Serie A Players Wage List

7 September 2010 No Comment

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This is the true figure that will end up in the pockets of 494 players. According to basic agreement, the teams will spend “only” 802 million but with incentives, they will historically break the wall. In the face of financial crisis and financial fair-play…

Serie A is cutting on the size of wages? Here is why it isn’t.

The salary for the players in Serie A is flying over one billion euros, but the clubs will never confirm it. Indeed, initial estimate (arising from contracts based) is leading to a mountain of 802.5 million. In apparent decline over the past two years. To get a better understanding of the game, Ibrahimovic and Eto’o will tell the story. A year ago, their paths crossed between Milan and Barcelona. The Swede earned 12 million net in Barcelona and the Cameroonian received 10.5 million from Inter. One year later, the Rossoneri is paying Zlatan 9 million while Samuel is down to 8 at Inter. Can you believe it? Indeed the two current stars of Italian football have self-assessed but why so easily? We are led to believe that in their contracts, these figures are real. The question is, however, how much money the two will be in payroll this season?

Flexible accounts

How can this happen? This isn’t magic. Everything is connected to flexible contracts, an innovation that happens to the teams in the top flight that put the first point of seven from the Player Association demands for a new collective agreement. As long as the percentage of the fixed part is below 50%, there are already many good players who have signed innovative agreements with incentives and prizes for each personal use and consumption. A little bit of this will happen to managers: an elasticity that allows the clubs to adjust their investments without feeling the wind on the neck of the shareholders. And public opinion. Anyway, it is easy to predict that at the end of the season comes conveniently at the threshold of one billion euros, and if you include collective bonuses, the figure will be even higher.

Turning point

The fact remains that the presidents have returned to spend. 2010 is the year of change. There is more money on television thanks to the collective breakdown that is increasingly rich middle class of Serie A. Thus investments on the market grew but also the resources devoted to salaries of players. Consequentially, a phenomenon is the new frontier of pay. The players who are willing to take risks, abandon certain fees in return they should raise the stakes of their final earnings. And this happens at all levels, not only for the top teams. Yet this new boom is certainly not toward the application of financial by Platini. In two years UEFA will call to account the teams which don’t come into compliance with the new regulations. And unfortunately our football continues to fall due to the usual mistakes. We are having a dismal European record. We have the labor-cost accounts for 70% of revenues and this step will be difficult to reverse the trend. Especially since our football is increasingly dependent on television and attempts to increase revenues and other means (stadiums, merchandising, etc.). And this is the real gap with other leading countries.

Overtaking

To animate the challenge between the two Milan clubs on the market was undoubtedly Milan, with the two signings of Robinho and Ibrahimovic. And to think that Adriano Galliani started the summer with the sling in his hand, trying to save on all fronts: from the goodbye of Dida and his 4 million net to the coating of Oddo and Gattuso. Instead, the philosophy has changed with the Rossoneri of the old Berlusconi with 150 million. In this way, Milan returns to the biggest spending club in Italy with a gross of 130 million just above the club of Moratti which is at 121 million. Juventus of Andrea Agnelli follow the two Milan clubs at 100 million, down from 115 of last year.

Diet Moratti

At the end of the transfer window, the choice of “abstain” by Massimo Moratti in the shopping area was discussed. Critics were especially highlighting the two signings of the Rossoneri. Instead of doing the same, let’s analyze the reason for this strategy. Inter technical director Marco Branca in recent months has saved a little bit of money with the sales of Quaresma, Burdisso and Jimenez. Then, he promoted the youngsters in this team, and reduced the costs of the squad. And one of his expensive investments, Ranocchia, will come later. The idea is to rejuvenate and lose the wages gradually. Meanwhile, Moratti has also saved a bit with the change of coaches. Mourinho leaving has not only raised 16 million for Inter but Real Madrid now have to pay 10 million for him. And with that money, it is now paid to Benitez…

Scudetto effect

Inter in recent year have had significant manner of premium payments for winning the league (five consecutively). A voice that has affected not just in statements of expenditure for its members. Instead, the premiums for the last Champions League are in fact paid by generous contributions from UEFA. But it is now clear that Inter are no longer in the days of spending out of control.

Others

In line with rich investments, Preziosi’s Genoa deserve attention. He is generous in seeking the best, but also in paying his players. Those 4 million net to Luca Toni is truly a luxury wheel and other engagements have led to major expenses. In contrast there are Fiorentina. Della Valle have kept the costs unchanged for the players. It is not easy, but this is proof of a program which aims to grow the group by giving it more time to grow, without force of any kind.