A year after securing a third-place finish in Serie A, Napoli are set to spend €81 million on wages in the 2017-18 season. That number makes them the fifth-highest-spending team in the league, behind only Juventus, AC Milan, Roma, and Inter Milan. It shouldn’t be any surprise to see Juventus topping the list, with a wage bill of €164 million.
To put that into perspective, Napoli are in the top quarter of Serie A spenders and are still being outspent by Juventus by 102%. That is, frankly, absurd. It also goes a long ways to explaining how they continue to win, year after year.
As for individuals, Lorenzo Insigne tops Napoli’s list, with wages of €3.6 million. That’s enough to make him the twelfth-highest paid player in the league. Coming in on top? That’s a tie between Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuaín and Milan’s Leonardo Bonucci. Both players are set to make €7.5 million this year.
Finally, the other bit of money ranking gives us a glimpse into the coaches. There Maurizio Sarri is the sixth-highest paid coach in the league, set to make €1.4 million this year. Who’s making the most? Well, I’m sure you already know the answer to that.
You can find a full breakdown of the info here:
Comments
Interesting stuff
I’m amazed that Crotone managed to survive last season. It will be hard to repeat with the smallest wage bill in Serie A.
Sarri is undervalued.
(Leonardo Bonucci)
By hawaiigradstudent on 09.08.17 2:15am
Oh god, I let my years of writing Aston Villa (Leandro Bacuna) get to me.
I’ve fixed it. Thanks for the heads up!
By Robert Lintott on 09.08.17 2:25am
My pleasure.
I’m glad you posted this chart. I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise.
Looks like all of the increase in wages last year for the whole of Serie A can be accounted for by the increase in Milan’s wage bill. Really hoping they don’t gel well.
By hawaiigradstudent on 09.08.17 2:40am