The summer window of the moving market that closed on October 5 will be for Serie A, Italy’s leading football league.
For the first time since the SARS-COV-2 epidemic that paralyzed European football for more than 3 months, Italy’s ultimate beloved game was nevertheless able to assess the monetary damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
And Serie A hosts stars such as former Barcelona midfielder Arthur Melo, SSC Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and former Manchester United Chris Smalling: the monetary truth beneath the surface is pretty scary.
And, unfortunately, Italian football is not in this crisis.
Overall spending on moving fares in European football fell particularly for the first time in 3 years, returning to 2016 levels, according to a published through FIFA.
The movement market snapshot from June to October 2020 analyzed the latest activity in the player movement market, giving a review of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on football financing.
Samples that in 2020, football clubs accounted for a total of $3. 92 billion in outgoing move-in rates, a sharp drop of more than 30% since 2019, when clubs spent a total of $5. 8 billion.
To locate a similar figure, we have to go back to 2016 when the cash spent in the foreign summer transfers $3. 7 billion, while by the same time in 2017, 2018 and 2019, clubs invested more than $5 billion a year.
The last market saw a total of $543. 9 million wasted through Italian clubs, English clubs alone ($1. 250 million) and continued through Spain with $486 million.
As a result, the number of transfers also decreased for the first time in a decade.
After achieving a 9087 record between June 1 and September 2, 2019, 7424 transactions were completed in 2020, a minimum of about 18%.
Clubs competing in Serie A have signed 290 players, while 309 have been sold on foreign transfers, according to the report.
Overall, the COVID pandemic has also resulted in a decrease in transaction quality and the investment point required for the moving market.
As a result, clubs have been forced to look for new and less expensive tactics to protect players who desperately needed to load cutlery into their trophy cabinets.
During this movement window, clubs in the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, French League One, german Bundesliga and Italian Serie A have welcomed one in 3 loose players, as revealed by the CIES Football Observatory.
Research shows that the percentage of loose transfers among all signed players through the top five clubs in the European League has risen sharply, from 26. 2% in 2019 to 32. 2%.
Serie A has been active in hiring players on loan, with a rate of 40. 8%, the highest among the 5 major leagues.
This means that almost all new signatures were made on a transitional basis, with an increase of 12. 9% over the past year.
They also found that the COVID crisis also reinforced the tendency of groups to integrate conditional invoices and sales percentages into transactions.
An extravagant example of this monetary creativity is the transfer of Italian foreigner Federico Chiesa from Fiorentina to Juventus.
The two agreed to an agreement on a two-year loan, with the Bianconeri paying $2. 4 million during the first year and $9. 5 million in the second.
For the move to be permanent, Juventus would have to pay Fiorentina another $47 million if certain situations are met.
If the young skill was at least 60% of Pirlo’s overall team selections at the end of the season, or if he scored at least 10 goals and 10 assists in this two-year loan period, the move would be permanent.
In addition, if Juventus finishes the two seasons in the 4 most sensible seasons of Serie A, Chiesa’s transfer from Florence to Turin would be final, Italian expert Gianluca Di Marzio reported.
A negative outlook that has resulted in a big drop in Serie A salaries. According to Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport, the overall salary has fallen by $85 million over the following year.
To recover, Serie A plans to sell a minority stake in a start-up that manages the League’s lucrative broadcast rights for 10 seasons.
Two rival equity unions led through CVC Capital Partners and Bain Capital are vying for a 10% stake.
Serie A is expected to have its press rights until October 13.
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