Back and forth. On the field and in front of the microphones. The Napoli starts again after Christmas with a victory against Cremonese: a 2-0 signed Hojlund. Perhaps Antonio Conte was already anticipating overtakingInterengaged in the evening in Bergamo againstAtalanta. He hadn’t reckoned with Lautaro Martinez: his winning goal immediately brought the Nerazzurri back to Chivu at the top of the standings. Tensions at the top of Serie A increase day after day, as demonstrated by the distant sparks between Conte and the Inter president, Beppe Marotta.
The Napoli coach, after the victory in Cremona, began to complain again: “Napoli are still not able to command for many reasons. We have just started a process at a structural level we are not ready“, Conte said. Concepts pages for the team that won two championships in the last three years and what he spent over 385 million euros on the market for the last three seasons. Yet Conte reiterates: Juventus, Milan and Inter in terms of structure, second teams, monte engagementsasset value are different. If he wins another team compared to these three, he did something extraordinary“.
Immediate, even before the start of the match withAtalantait arrived replica by Marotta: “I don’t want to get into controversy. Conte is a good coach and a good communicator. He knows how to distract attention. The favorite is clearly Napoliis the reigning champion, he put money important and has technical continuity, it is the only one for not having changed coach”, the response of the Inter president. Who recalled the arrival of Cristian Chivu on the bench and of many still inexperienced players: “We have modified the model and made investments sui young. We will all play it to the end, but I believe that Napoli, for reasons of meritbe the serious candidate to the final victory.”
What the data says: Inter fourth in terms of squad cost
The numbers obviously tell a story reality more complex. Conte, slyly, quotes the monte engagements to reiterate one supposed distance between Napoli and the other big teams in the championship. Marotta instead he doesn’t talk about it: Inter in Serie A is the club that spends more for the salaries of the players, approximately 141 million of euros according to ‘Football and Finance‘. Il Napoli but it’s not that far away: it is thirdbehind only Juventus which is at 123 million, with a cost of around 110 million. The Milanfor example, is fifth: also surpassed by Roma.
Furthermore, after the last transfer market and the investments demanded by Conte himself, Napoli’s salary has increased by over 30%: a leap record, if we consider that Inter’s has decreased slightly. Furthermore, spending on salaries in itself does not tell the real story.”cost of the rose” of a club, which is determined by calculating also depreciation and expense for i loans. Putting all the values together, which is the most “expensive” team? According to data fromFootball and Finance‘, it’s actually Napoli. Conte’s squad is worth over 240 million, around 5 more than Juventus. THE’Inter it is fourth, also behind the Milan Of Allegri: Chivu’s team has a cost of approximately 195 million.
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