Luciano Spalletti’s cycle as Italy coach has reached its first test. After having obtained qualification, which in recent years had always been a thorny chapter for the Azzurri, he is ready to compete for Euro 2024 as reigning champion.
The lineup has been partially changed compared to the 2021 triumph with Roberto Mancini on the bench, with call-ups that have not spared the technical commissioner criticism. So let’s see who the players are who will be on the pitch from June 14th (and hopefully until July 14th). Economically speaking there is an obvious varietywith the richest falling within the ranks of Inter and Juventus, even if there is another team at the top of the table.
Italy, the richest of the national team
Without a shadow of a doubt, he is the player with the highest salary for Spalletti’s national team at Euro 2024 Gianluigi Donnarumma. You are now 25 years old and still have a long career ahead of you. Despite this, he has been one of the protagonists of European football for a long time now. His move from Milan to PSG caused him quite a few problems with the Rossoneri fans and, over time, he also faced very harsh criticism.
All because of the weight carried on his shoulders since his first season in Serie A: being predestined. Always placed in competition with the greatest and for this reason punished in newspapers and social media for the first mistake.
Today he is the captain of Italy and is also at the top of this particular ranking. In fact, he boasts a contract with Paris Saint-Germain worth 10 million euros net per season. The other department colleagues summoned, Meret (2 millions), Provedel (2 million) e Vicar (2.5 million) doesn’t even come close to his standard.
The defense of Italy
Inter dominates Italy’s defense payroll. Also in this case, as for the goalkeepers, the difference is evident. It’s in your head Alessandro Bastoni with his 6.5 million euros net per season. Here are the others:
- Federico Dimarco: 4.2 million;
- Gianluca Mancini: 4 million;
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo: 3.5 million;
- Matteo Darmian: 2.5 million;
- Andrea Cambiaso: 2.4 million;
- Federico Gatti: 1.4 million
- Raoul Bellanova: 1.2 million;
- Alessandro Buongiorno: 1 million;
- Riccardo Calafiori: 400,000 euros.
Italy’s midfield
The same goes for the midfield, where Nicholas Stretcher of Inter looks down on everyone with his team 5 million salary net per season. The player is currently in the process of negotiating with the club and his salary seems likely to increase 6.5 million until 2029. Here are the others:
- Lorenzo Pellegrini: 4 million;
- Jorginho: 3.7 million;
- Bryan Cristante: 3.5 million;
- Davide Frattesi: 2.8 million;
- Nicolò Fagioli: 1.5 million;
- Samuele Ricci: 1 million;
- Michael Folorunsho: 400,000 euros.
Italy’s attack
However, the situation is different regarding the attack, with Juventus leading the department from an economic point of view Federico Chiesa. They go to the great protagonist of the last European Championships won 6 million euros net per season. Here are the others:
- Stephan El Shaarawy: 4 million;
- Mattia Zaccagni: 3.5 million;
- Gianluca Scamacca: 3.2 million;
- Giacomo Raspadori: 3 million;
- Riccardo Orsolini: 2 million;
- Mateo Retegui: 1.8 million.
How much does Spalletti earn?
In this overview of contracts, it is natural to ask how much coach Luciano Spalletti earns. He personally returned from the Scudetto with Napoli and, after having enjoyed a bit of a break, he accepted the proposal to sit on the Italy bench after Mancini’s surprising farewell.
He is now intent on following up one triumph with another, proposing a different Italy, one that knows how to follow his instructions as other Azzurri have done in not too distant times. He signed a contract until 2026, the year of the World Cup, and the results on the field will decide its possible renewal. One for him salary of 3.2 million euros per season.
