Italian teams have had a resurgence in the last few years, as they largely fell away in recent times baring Mourinho's inter. But one thing i noticed is that during this largely barren period, they never seemed to spend large sums of money, but they managed to get decent players and loans on the cheap regularly. Contrast that today, and you have the big italian teams spending large sums of cash most windows. Can anyone summarise what's happening here?
Who owns the big Italian clubs, where do they get their money?
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Don’t they have favourable tax laws?
juventus owned by FIAT
Both Milans owned by rich chinese
Napoli owned by a rich italian
Basically they're all owned or invested in by rich people... like most other big European clubs.
Both Milans owned by rich chinese
Napoli owned by a rich italian
Basically they're all owned or invested in by rich people... like most other big European clubs.
- Juventus owned by Exor, the 28th largest group in the world by revenue : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exor_(company)
-- Inter by Suning, the second largest civilian-run enterprise in the Mainland China in 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suning_Holdings_Group
- AC Milan by Elliott, an american investment managment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation
- Roma was just bought by american billionaire Dan Friedkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Friedkin
- Fiorentina bought last year by an american billionaire: Rocco Commisso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_B._Commisso
- Napoli's and Lazio's president (De Laurentiis and Lotito) are not really rich for what I know unlike Bologna's chairman Joey Saputo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Saputo
-- Inter by Suning, the second largest civilian-run enterprise in the Mainland China in 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suning_Holdings_Group
- AC Milan by Elliott, an american investment managment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation
- Roma was just bought by american billionaire Dan Friedkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Friedkin
- Fiorentina bought last year by an american billionaire: Rocco Commisso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_B._Commisso
- Napoli's and Lazio's president (De Laurentiis and Lotito) are not really rich for what I know unlike Bologna's chairman Joey Saputo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Saputo
This also helps but I think it is for wages of foreign players.
Allows them to give them a hefty pay rise without actually giving them a pay rise though
Anyway it's impressive how, despite Serie A have spent £ 1 bln more than La Liga in the last 5 years:
the gulf in quality between the two leagues is still pretty big.. The most impressive thing is the Premier League's balance compared to any other league though
the gulf in quality between the two leagues is still pretty big.. The most impressive thing is the Premier League's balance compared to any other league though