Signings Report — Serie A 2017/18

Assessment of clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 18, 2017

We identified 229 real signings for the first-team squad of the 20 clubs; 225 are included in the hit-rate calculation — 4 youth investments (under-23) are classified separately. Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. The league's average hit rate was 35%.

Distribution of ratings

Excellent
16
Good
35
Fair
55
Below expectations
25
Did not deliver
94

Club ranking by hit rate

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
AC Milan111171368%
Fiorentina151572653%
Inter9941450%
Torino9933350%
Juventus7714243%
Lazio7722343%
Hellas Verona19º161645741%
Sampdoria10º101032540%
Spal17º26254111038%
10ºAtalanta7721436%
11ºCagliari16º7721436%
12ºGenoa12º141324731%
13ºUdinese13º131332831%
14ºAS Roma101030730%
15ºBologna15º8712429%
16ºBenevento20º3434382321%
17ºChievo14º9803519%
18ºNapoli3301217%
19ºSassuolo11º4401312%
20ºCrotone18º10100195%

Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Hit rate by position

PositionEvaluatedSuccessfulHit rate %
Goalkeepers15117%
Defenders741635%
Midfielders721942%
Forwards611533%

The 5 best-performing signings

PlayerClubMinutesG+ARating
Aleksandar KolarovAS Roma30612+8Excellent
Josip IličićAtalanta200311+8Excellent
Hakan ÇalhanoğluAC Milan21746+7Excellent
Mirco AntenucciSpal257411+7Excellent
Jordan VeretoutFiorentina32128+1Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Performance is classified into five tiers based on the player's output over the season (minutes, goal involvement, match ratings and consistency), compared with the other players in the competition.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

AC Milan (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Franck Kessié37326853Good
Leonardo Bonucci35308520Good
Ricardo Rodríguez34300510Good
Hakan Çalhanoğlu31217467Excellent
Lucas Biglia28204211Good
Nikola Kalinić31181363Good
Fabio Borini29161123Good
Mateo Musacchio15119801Fair
André Silva2492320Below expectations
Andrea Conti215800Did not deliver
Marco Storari0000Did not deliver

AS Roma (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Aleksandar Kolarov35306128Excellent
Lorenzo Pellegrini28181034Excellent
Cengiz Ünder26125571Good
Maxime Gonalons16109201Did not deliver
Patrik Schick2298520Did not deliver
Grégoire Defrel1547910Did not deliver
Héctor Moreno522700Did not deliver
Jonathan Silva211000Did not deliver
Łukasz Skorupski19000Did not deliver
Rick Karsdorp18200Did not deliver

Atalanta (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Josip Iličić312003118Excellent
José Luis Palomino26197810Did not deliver
Timothy Castagne20150302Good
Robin Gosens21145111Below expectations
Andreas Cornelius2392831Fair
Nicolò Fazzi0000Did not deliver
Guido Marilungo0000Did not deliver

Benevento (34 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Berat Djimsiti30270001Fair
Lorenzo Venuti31238701Below expectations
Danilo Cataldi29228014Good
Gaetano Letizia29214510Did not deliver
Nicolas Viola24184926Excellent
Massimo Coda24141141Good
Andrea Costa16137500Did not deliver
Ledian Memushaj17126000Did not deliver
Christian Puggioni14117700Did not deliver
Alin Toșca13117000Did not deliver
Sandro14115510Fair
Alberto Brignoli13112410Did not deliver
Cristiano Lombardi17111502Below expectations
Vid Belec13111400Did not deliver
Raman Chibsah14105200Did not deliver
Marco D'Alessandro16104511Fair
Gianluca Di Chiara13100700Did not deliver
Filip Đuričić1597902Fair
Bacary Sagna1395510Fair
Guilherme1294422Fair
Pietro Iemmello1688521Below expectations
Vittorio Parigini2185500Did not deliver
Amato Ciciretti1280921Fair
Lorenzo Del Pinto1575401Did not deliver
Fabio Lucioni872000Below expectations
George Pușcaș1170110Below expectations
Cheick Diabaté1166280Fair
Luca Antei859300Did not deliver
Achraf Lazaar947910Did not deliver
Samuel Armenteros942810Did not deliver
Fabio Ceravolo15800Did not deliver
Karamoko Cissé21100Did not deliver
Fabrizio Alastra0000Did not deliver
Mirko Eramo0000Did not deliver

Bologna (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Andrea Poli32256020Fair
Rodrigo Palacio28206642Good
Sebastian De Maio26205120Fair
Giancarlo González22185800Did not deliver
Simone Romagnoli855600Below expectations
Felipe Avenatti1146500Did not deliver
Cheick Keita312500Did not deliver
Juan Manuel Valencia *0000Investment

Cagliari (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leonardo Pavoletti332724110Excellent
Luca Cigarini26203523Good
Marco Andreolli23182700Below expectations
Leandro Castán14114101Below expectations
Charalampos Lykogiannis1168602Fair
Gregory van der Wiel528600Did not deliver
Damir Ceter619300Did not deliver

Chievo (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Nenad Tomović27230300Fair
Manuel Pucciarelli22138620Below expectations
Emanuele Giaccherini1391133Fair
Mariusz Stępiński2269951Fair
Luca Garritano1117900Did not deliver
Ivan Provedel0000Did not deliver
Martin Valjent *0000Investment
Dejan Lazarevic0000Did not deliver
Alejandro Rodríguez0000Did not deliver

Crotone (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Davide Faraoni28174724Fair
Marco Capuano16140700Did not deliver
Arlind Ajeti21126701Did not deliver
Ahmed Benali1081311Did not deliver
Daniel Pavlović1075600Did not deliver
Leandro Cabrera536500Did not deliver
Giovanni Crociata1128210Below expectations
Marco Tumminello919731Did not deliver
Mariano Izco517700Did not deliver
Oliver Kragl59300Did not deliver

Fiorentina (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jordan Veretout36321281Excellent
Giovanni Simeone383010144Excellent
Cristiano Biraghi34298314Excellent
Germán Pezzella34298110Good
Marco Benassi35279652Good
Vincent Laurini22161601Fair
Vitor Hugo19120310Good
Gil Dias27118122Fair
Cyril Théréau20112554Good
Bruno Gaspar1577502Below expectations
Valentin Eysseric2169611Did not deliver
Bryan Dabo1058710Did not deliver
Diego Falcinelli1243201Did not deliver
Simone Lo Faso23400Did not deliver
Rafik Zekhnini11000Did not deliver

Genoa (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Andrea Bertolacci33289611Good
Ervin Zukanović31279001Good
Luca Rossettini23202600Below expectations
Nicolás Spolli21177300Fair
Gianluca Lapadula28148661Fair
Andrej Gălăbinov20113131Below expectations
Stephane Omeonga1978300Did not deliver
Iuri Medeiros1164121Fair
Daniel Bessa1143821Fair
Pedro Pereira638100Did not deliver
Giuseppe Rossi925310Below expectations
Federico Ricci521400Did not deliver
Ricardo Centurión35200Did not deliver
Thomas Rodríguez *0000Investment

Hellas Verona (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Antonio Caracciolo33285520Good
Alex Ferrari25213810Fair
Daniele Verde30195723Good
Marcel Büchel23170100Did not deliver
Alessio Cerci24164932Good
Thomas Heurtaux17139300Did not deliver
Daniel Bessa17137011Fair
Jagoš Vuković15133411Good
Bruno Zuculini16121620Fair
Martín Cáceres14116830Fair
Ryder Matos1497901Did not deliver
Bruno Petković1692202Fair
Rolando Aarons1151900Did not deliver
Franco Zuculini1132600Did not deliver
Marco Silvestri218000Did not deliver
Nicolò Cherubin0000Did not deliver

Inter (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Milan Škriniar38342040Excellent
Borja Valero36257120Good
Matías Vecino29213732Good
João Cancelo26184513Good
Rafinha Alcántara17104823Fair
Dalbert1352500Did not deliver
Yann Karamoh1648110Did not deliver
Lisandro López14500Did not deliver
Daniele Padelli0000Did not deliver

Juventus (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Blaise Matuidi32235431Fair
Douglas Costa311793412Excellent
Wojciech Szczęsny17153000Fair
Mattia De Sciglio1296710Fair
Federico Bernardeschi2282446Below expectations
Benedikt Höwedes324810Fair
Nicola Leali0000Did not deliver

Lazio (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lucas Leiva36289423Excellent
Adam Marušić32252635Good
Felipe Caicedo2270031Below expectations
Martín Cáceres644011Fair
Nani1837233Fair
Simone Palombi16700Did not deliver
Davide Di Gennaro2900Did not deliver

Napoli (3 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Mário Rui25208824Fair
Adam Ounas78900Did not deliver
Leandrinho0000Did not deliver

Sampdoria (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gianmarco Ferrari30264420Good
Gastón Ramírez37222438Good
Duván Zapata312113114Excellent
Gianluca Caprari34181152Fair
Nicola Murru20144802Fair
Ivan Strinić17125302Below expectations
Joachim Andersen754500Below expectations
Valerio Verre1834500Did not deliver
Leonardo Capezzi621201Did not deliver
Vid Belec218000Did not deliver

Sassuolo (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Edoardo Goldaniga13115310Below expectations
Khouma Babacar1374722Fair
Mauricio Lemos870010Below expectations
Riccardo Marchizza0000Did not deliver

Spal (26 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Manuel Lazzari36312121Fair
Francesco Vicari34285501Fair
Felipe30257610Fair
Mirco Antenucci332574117Excellent
Federico Viviani29248833Excellent
Alberto Grassi28226130Good
Alfred Gomis26225900Fair
Alberto Paloschi36218771Fair
Federico Mattiello29216901Fair
Pasquale Schiattarella31198814Fair
Bartosz Salamon22172200Fair
Filippo Costa23146801Fair
Jasmin Kurtić16144010Fair
Thiago Cionek15135010Good
Luca Mora1793400Did not deliver
Sergio Floccari2087830Did not deliver
Marco Borriello1577510Did not deliver
Sauli Väisänen754300Did not deliver
Luca Rizzo1148420Fair
Michele Cremonesi538400Did not deliver
Eros Schiavon1237000Did not deliver
Marios Oikonomou417300Did not deliver
Federico Bonazzoli *1117000Investment
Boukary Dramé59100Did not deliver
P. Konaté0000Did not deliver
F. Della Giovanna0000Did not deliver

Torino (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Salvatore Sirigu37333000Good
Nicolas N'Koulou37325920Good
Tomás Rincón36300710Fair
Nicolás Burdisso24206800Fair
Cristian Ansaldi25186813Good
M'Baye Niang26154041Fair
Alex Berenguer22103913Below expectations
Lyanco431700Below expectations
Umar Sadiq322500Did not deliver

Udinese (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Albano Bizzarri32287900Fair
Antonín Barák34271474Good
Jens Stryger Larsen30253011Below expectations
Bram Nuytinck27236111Good
Kevin Lasagna292140121Excellent
Maxi López28168522Did not deliver
Valon Behrami20140711Fair
Giuseppe Pezzella1590600Did not deliver
Francesco Zampano641001Did not deliver
Riad Bajić57500Did not deliver
Mamadou Coulibaly0000Did not deliver
Aly Mallé0000Did not deliver
Assane Gnoukouri0000Did not deliver
Signings Report · Serie A 2017/18 · December 18, 2017