Juventus splashed out the most. Napoli made the biggest deficit. AC Milan were pragmatic. Inter Milan made the best deals regarding free agents. Atalanta had the biggest cash flow after the Old Lady of over 260 million euros (130 million for purchases and 134 for sales). Roma paid four players (Matias Soule, Artem Dovbyk, Enzo Le Fee, and Manu Kone) more than 100 million euros. Lazio swapped half of their starting lineup, making a deficit of less than 20 million. Numerically, Fiorentina changed the most, buying 11 and selling 12 players, excluding loans and contract terminations. Torino earned the most – a little more than 33 million euros. That’s the summary of the transfer window in Italy.##NAJAVA_MECA_8311845##All in all, in prospect, Juventus, Napoli, and Milan did the best job, reducing the gap in quality between them and the champions Inter, especially the Bianconeri, which will be the Nerazzurri’s biggest competition for the Scudetto. Still, Antonio Conte’s Napoli should not be neglected, and neither should Milan in case the Rossoneri overcome the crisis between the manager Paulo Fonseca and the main stars, Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao. Atalanta once more made a quick reconstruction. Fiorentina have an intriguing squad, while Bologna are much weaker compared to the previous season.Interestingly, this transfer window was primarily marked with failed moves rather than realized ones. Victor Osimhen and Paolo Dybala’s stays at Napoli and Roma drew more attention than the long-awaited arrivals of Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) and Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus).JUVENTUSJuventus eventually brought in all the players they had in mind, while the new head coach, Thiago Motta, crossed out as many as 20 players. Had the Old Lady managed to sell Filip Kostic, Tiago Djalo, and Arthur Melo, Juve’s transfer window would have been prefect.A trio of firsts ⚪️⚫️#JuveRoma pic.twitter.com/3efel183er— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) September 1, 2024 Ultimately, Bianconeri turned over 315 million euros, earning 118 million from the sales of Soule, Federico Chiesa, Moise Kean, Samuel Iling-Junior, Enzo Barrenechea, Kaio Jorge, and Gianluca Frabotta. At the same time, Juve spent 200 million euros on Teun Koopmeiners, Michele Di Gregorio, Douglas Luiz, Khephren Thuram, Francisco Conceicao, and Vasilije Adzic.In conclusion, Motta has a team which can end Inter’s domination and leave a mark in the Champions League, especially if Juve’s key forward, Dusan Vlahovic, keeps the form from the beginning of the new season.NAPOLIThis transfer window would become much more successful for Napoli if Aurelio De Laurentiis managed to find a new club for Osimhen in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or Turkey. Still, the Neapolitans’ president spent more than ever in the previous 20 years he’d led the club.The biggest loser of the transfer window in EuropeHe undoubtedly counted on the income from the Nigerian’s transfer, but at the same time showed courage, splashing out 75 million euros in the last three days before the deadline to bring Lukaku and the Scottish duo – Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay. Hence, Conte has no proper excuse for failing to qualify for the Champions League, which would be a bare minimum resultwise, considering the team he has at his disposal.Romelu is proud to be one of us!💙 #ProudToBeNapoli | #ForzaNapoliSempre | #WelcomeLukaku pic.twitter.com/Z4R4x4LVkz— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) August 29, 2024 Apart from the trio mentioned above, Napoli paid 150 million euros for Alessandro Buongiorno, Leonardo Spinazzola, and David Neres while earning only 24 million. With Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who opted to stay primarily under Conte’s influence, Napoli have a good squad for another year in a row.AC MILANIn general, Milan’s transfer activity was better than Juventus and Napoli’s, but the Rossoneri seem to have made one crucial mistake – the choice of manager. While the Old Lady chose Motta as one of the most talented young tacticians and Napoli played it safe with Conte, Milan put all their eggs in Fonseca’s basket.The Rossoneri did a great job keeping the trio of Mike Maignan, Hernandez, and Leao and practically constructed a respectable team, spending only 15 million euros. Namely, Milan earned about 40 million from sales plus the 20 million they would receive next year from the transfer of Charles De Ketelaere to Atalanta.🏁 È FINITO IL MERCATOIl calciomercato estivo 2024 è ufficialmente chiuso. Ecco i movimenti dell’@acmilan:CHI VIENE: Morata, Pavlovic, Emerson Royal, Fofana, AbrahamCHI VA: Mirante, Giroud, Kjaer, Caldara, Simic, Kalulu, Pobega, Adli, Saelemaekers pic.twitter.com/67E56Q181b— Milanismo (@milanismoit) August 30, 2024 On the other hand, Milan spent 74 million euros on Strahinja Pavlovic, Emerson Royal, Youssouf Fofana, Alvaro Morata, and Silvano Vos, while Tammy Abraham arrived on loan from Roma. This transfer window, the selection of players and coach Fonseca will represent the first big test for Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his new role at San Siro.ATALANTAThe Goddess was very unlucky to lose Giorgio Scalvini and Gianluca Scamacca due to injuries and receive 60 million euros for Koopmeiners’ move to Turin. The experienced Hans Hateboer and Aleksei Miranchuk left, the young El Bilal Toure, the most expensive investment in the history of Atalanta, did not live up to expectations and was sent to Stuttgart, and the goalkeeper Juan Musso joined Atletico Madrid in the “dying minutes.”Now, Atalanta bet on Nicolo Zaniolo. With all due right. Namely, the experienced Gian Piero Gasperini managed to revive numerous talents, from Alejandro Papu Gomez, Josip Ilicic, Duvan Zapata, and Luis Muriel to Scamacca last season. Why couldn’t he do the same with Zaniolo?Ademola lookman is set to stay at Atalanta this summer 🇳🇬(@Plettigoal) pic.twitter.com/Q100OXydYq— The Football Chatroom 🎙️ (@TFChatroom) August 30, 2024 In addition, Atalanta invested in the future by signing Lazar Samardzic and Raoul Bellanova. Mateo Retegui was brought in less than 48 hours after Scamacca’s injury as his replacement, while Marco Brescianini arrived at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia because of Napoli’s hesitation. Although he is not an addition, Ademola Lookman’s stay – who was on the verge of moving to Paris Saint-Germain at one point – will represent a huge reinforcement for Gasperini’s squad.INTER MILANFor the first time in four years, the champions of Italy did not have to sell any of their stars (like in the cases of Achraf Hakimi, Lukaku, and Andre Onana). Inter’s 40 million euros deficit in this transfer window is more a consequence of last year’s purchases of Davide Frattesi, Marko Arnautovic and Carlos Augusto than of this year’s reinforcements. Namely, the Nerazzurri spent around 20 million euros on custodian Josep Martinez and Argentine defender Tomas Palacios, while Piotr Zielinski and Mehdi Taremi joined as free agents.Piotr Zieliński: the first Polish player in the HISTORY of #Inter. 🇵🇱⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/XMN3DzmhJb— Inter Xtra (@Inter_Xtra) July 6, 2024 The club’s management enabled Simone Inzaghi to coach the best and most complete team in Serie A this season. Looking at Inter’s bench is enough to conclude the inevitable: even the Nerazzurri’s reserve team would fight for the Scudetto and a place in the Champions League.Inter did not buy any new starters, but Zielinski, Taremi, Martinez and Palacios are all missing puzzles on the bench compared to the last season, especially in the Champions League. With the Iranian and the Pole, Inter probably would not have been eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the UCL round of 16.ROMARoma’s transfer window was marked by Dybala’s refusal to replace Italy with Saudi Arabia and the dust that raised around Kevin Danso, the Austrian defender from Lens who failed to pass his medicals. It cannot be said that they are happy in Rome about La Joya’s choice despite the fact that he remains Giallorossi’s best player. It’s no secret that Daniele De Rossi preferred to sell Dybala and bring in a winger with different characteristics.A busy Deadline Day ✍️🐺#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/EJqhTIDjaP— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) August 31, 2024 The Roma boss also wanted two quality defenders and another forward, but his wishes were not fulfilled. However, he got a last-minute reinforcement in midfield, embodied in the 23-year-old Kone. Giallorossi spent a lot on Soule, Dovbyk, Kone, and Le Fee. And while the first three are supposed to be regular starters, spending over 20 million euros on the latter, who’ll probably be a sub, makes no sense. Right-back Saud Abdulhamid joined from the Saudi champions Al Hilal, while the arrival of Alexis Saelemaekers on loan from Bologna could potentially represent an excellent move.La Joya, welcome to the pantheon of Roman deities!Generally, Roma did a better job regarding departures. The club got rid of the majority of costly contracts (except for Dybala’s), and the players who were injured most of the time, like Houssem Aouar, Leonardo Spinazzola, Sardar Azmoun, Ebrima Darboe, Marash Kumbulla, and Tammy Abraham.LAZIOIn a little over a year, numerous core players like Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ciro Immobile, Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson, and Danilo Cataldi left Lazio, while Nicolo Casale and Daichi Kamada rejected contract extensions.📣 Bienvenue, Samuel 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/165lKp7nRi— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) August 30, 2024 Lazio spent 56 million euros plus another 17 million as instalments for Boulaye Dia, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, and Samuel Gigot. On the other hand, apart from the 37 million the Eagles received from the sales of Immobile, Anderson, and others, the eventual transfers of Casale (to Bologna) and Marcos Antonio (to Sao Paulo) could bring ten more million to the Roman club.Still, reinforcements like Loum Tchaouna and Dia from Salernitana, Tijjani Noslin from Verona, and the Nigerian Dele-Bashiru from the mediocre Turkish side Hatayspor can hardly adequately replace the names like Immobile, Anderson, or Alberto. Conversely, Nuno Tavares, who arrived from Arsenal, and Gigot from Marseille could improve Marco Baroni’s squad.
