Roma s total salary was reduced to 89 million euros, changing the transfer strategy mainly introduces young players

According to the "Roman Sports", the total salary of the entire team this season is 89 million euros, 20 million euros lower than two years ago.

Roma has been restricted by UEFA's fiscal fair game rules over the past years, which has affected the team's signings and development. The high salary of Roma players is a big problem. In recent years, Roma's salary in Serie A was second only to Juventus and Inter Milan, and was at the same level as Milan, but Roma's performance is not proportional to his salary and has missed the Champions League for several consecutive seasons.

Roman boss Friedkin also recognized this problem and asked the club to carry out an overall salary cut, which achieved certain results. In the 2018-19 season, Roma's total salary exceeded the 100 million euro mark for the first time, reaching 115 million euros in the 2020-21 season, and has remained high since then. However, the total salary of the Roma team has been reduced to 89 million euros this season, a decrease of more than 20 million euros compared with the 2023-24 season.

The Roman Sports pointed out that in the past, Rome always introduced some veterans over 30 years old and paid them high salaries, such as Pastorre, Smalling, Lukaku, Mkhitaryan, Matic and others. However, the value of these players after joining Roma will only continue to decline, which is not conducive to the club's future development.

And this summer, Roma adopted a new signing strategy, mainly introducing young players under the age of 25, and all have low salaries. For example, Enavi is 24 years old and has an annual salary of 1.5 million euros; Ferguson is 20 years old and has a rental fee of 1.7 million; Wesley is 21 years old and has an annual salary of 2 million; Gillardi is 22 years old and has an annual salary of less than 1 million. Only substitute goalkeeper Vasquez is 27 years old, but he joins for free and has an annual salary of less than 500,000 euros.

The Roma already has an invisible salary cap, and few players can earn an annual salary of more than 3 million euros. The contracts of the two highest-paid players in Rome, Dybala and Pellegrini, both expire next summer. At that time, they will either cut their salary and renew their contracts or leave the team. The total salary of the entire Rome team will further decline.