Serie A 2024/21 wages is reduced by €72m compared to the last year due to Covid-19. Juventus has witnessed the highest drop in the salary which is €58m while Milan has cut down €25m but still Juventus is the highest spender and Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-paid footballer in the league. The latest reports revealed the financial details about the Serie A wage bills for the 2024-22 season.
The league has seen rapid growth in the Italian Serie A wage bill in the last couple of years. In the year 2015/16, the total wage bill of the league was €882m while the last season the league has a wage bill of €1,36 million.
According to some reports, the 2024-22 season to have an almost similar bill due to the ongoing pandemic as it has affected the clubs’ earnings. There is no increment in the Italian Serie A wage bill for the upcoming season and it is to remain around €1,288.
Juventus made the most cuts, slicing €58m off their total wage bill, even though they remain comfortably the biggest overall spenders on salaries.
Italian Serie A 2024-22 Wage Bills
Despite the reduction in the Serie A wage bills, some clubs signed many new players which have affected the club’s budget.
| No. | CLUB | WAGE BILL | HIGHEST PAID PLAYER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | €236 million | C. Ronaldo (€31m) |
| 2 | Inter Milan | €149 million | Lukaku (€7.5m) |
| 3 | AS Roma | €112 million | Dzeko (€7.5m) |
| 4 | Napoli | €105 million | Koulibali (€6m) |
| 5 | AC Milan | €90 million | Ibrahimovic (€7m) |
| 6 | Lazio | €83 million | Immobile (€4m) |
| 7 | Fiorentina | €55 million | Ribery (€4m) |
| 8 | Torino | €51 million | Belloti (€2m) |
| 9 | Cagliari | €46 million | Godin (€3m) |
| 10 | Bologna | €43 million | Sansone (€1.6m) |
| 11 | Atalanta | €42.6 million | Iličić (€1.6m) |
| 12 | Genoa | €41 million | Badelj (€1.4m) |
| 13 | Sassuolo | €35 million | Berardi (€1.8m) |
| 14 | Parma | €34 million | Inglese (€1.4m) |
| 15 | Sampdoria | €34 million | Candreva (€1.3m) |
| 16 | Benvento | €32 million | Glik (€2.5m) |
| 17 | Udinese | €31 million | De Paul (€1m) |
| 18 | Verona | €24 million | Kalinic (€1.5m) |
| 19 | Crotone | €23 million | Magallan (€750,000) |
| 20 | Spezia | €22 million | Farias (€1m) |
Juventus has the highest wage bill in the league with Cristiano Ronaldo pockets €31m of the club’s total salary bill €236m followed Matthijs de Ligt is the second highest paid player of Juventus with €8 million salary.
The second biggest spenders in Serie A, Inter Milan also did the cost-cutting in the current season, the wage bill reduced to €149m while the club’s highest earner Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets a salary of €7m per year followed by Gianluigi Donnarumma who pockets €6 million.
AS Roma is the third-highest club on the list who also decrease their wage bills by €13m. While Lazio on the other hand increased their wage bill by €11m to €112 million. The other club of the Seria A such as Atalanta gradually increasing their bills every year.
Disclaimer: The above information about the Serie A wage bills is based on the analysis, research and reports released by the officials.