Signings Report — Serie A 2019/20

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 224 real signings across the 20 clubs of Serie A; 218 are included in the hit-rate calculation (6 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 34%.

Comparison with 2018/19

The league's average hit rate was 34%, against 37% the previous season (▼ 3 p.p.). There were 224 real signings, against 203 in 2018/19.

Hit rate by club

1º Juventus (1st in the league · 5 eval.)
60%
2º Parma (10th in the league · 11 eval.)
54%
3º Inter (2nd in the league · 12 eval.)
50%
4º AC Milan (6th in the league · 10 eval.)
45%
5º AS Roma (5th in the league · 12 eval.)
42%
6º Atalanta (3rd in the league · 5 eval.)
40%
7º Fiorentina (9th in the league · 12 eval.)
38%
8º Lecce (18th in the league · 26 eval.)
36%
9º Cagliari (13th in the league · 11 eval.)
36%
10º Bologna (12th in the league · 7 eval.)
36%
11º Brescia (19th in the league · 19 eval.)
34%
12º Napoli (7th in the league · 9 eval.)
33%
13º Torino (16th in the league · 3 eval.)
33%
14º Hellas Verona (11th in the league · 23 eval.)
33%
15º Spal (20th in the league · 11 eval.)
27%
16º Sassuolo (8th in the league · 7 eval.)
21%
17º Genoa (17th in the league · 17 eval.)
21%
18º Udinese (14th in the league · 5 eval.)
20%
19º Lazio (4th in the league · 4 eval.)
12%
20º Sampdoria (15th in the league · 9 eval.)
11%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Juventus5514060%
Parma10º111144354%
Inter121252550%
AC Milan101033445%
AS Roma131242642%
Atalanta6520340%
Fiorentina131233638%
Lecce18º2626591236%
Cagliari13º121124536%
10ºBologna12º7721436%
11ºBrescia19º1919531134%
12ºNapoli10922533%
13ºTorino16º3310233%
14ºHellas Verona11º2323631433%
15ºSpal20º111114627%
16ºSassuolo7711521%
17ºGenoa17º1717151121%
18ºUdinese14º5502320%
19ºLazio4401312%
20ºSampdoria15º10902711%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Romelu LukakuInter298323+27.21Excellent
Francesco CaputoSassuolo294821+77.21Excellent
Dejan KulusevskiParma294010+87.12Excellent
Radja NainggolanCagliari20816+77.28Excellent
Erick PulgarFiorentina29697+67.06Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

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

AC Milan (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Theo Hernández33284663Excellent
Ismaël Bennacer31251210Good
Rafael Leão31142461Fair
Ante Rebić261412113Fair
Zlatan Ibrahimović181364105Excellent
Simon Kjær15126900Fair
Rade Krunić1555001Below expectations
Léo Duarte640300Did not deliver
Asmir Begović212800Did not deliver
Luan Capanni0000Did not deliver

AS Roma (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pau López32288600Fair
Gianluca Mancini32275510Good
Jordan Veretout33265260Excellent
Chris Smalling30257232Excellent
Leonardo Spinazzola24156612Below expectations
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22154095Excellent
Amadou Diawara22153511Below expectations
Roger Ibañez962600Below expectations
Carles Pérez1457713Fair
Nikola Kalinić1557551Below expectations
Davide Zappacosta945901Did not deliver
Yıldırım Mert Çetin625900Did not deliver
Daniel Fuzato *19000Investment

Atalanta (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ruslan Malinovskyi34153083Excellent
Luis Muriel341257181Excellent
Simon Kjær529100Did not deliver
Adrien Tameze721300Did not deliver
Guilherme Arana *48200Investment
Lennart Czyborra11600Did not deliver

Bologna (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Stefano Denswil26225501Below expectations
Mattia Bani27221140Good
Gary Medel23179800Below expectations
Musa Barrow18135392Excellent
Jerdy Schouten19108900Did not deliver
Nicolás Domínguez1670801Fair
Musa Juwara715410Did not deliver

Brescia (19 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Stefano Sabelli36318103Good
Jesse Joronen29261600Good
Jhon Chancellor26225130Good
Dimitri Bisoli25215411Fair
Daniele Dessena24189020Did not deliver
Ernesto Torregrossa25186273Excellent
Rômulo22173913Fair
Alfredo Donnarumma31170072Fair
Nikolas Špalek25159421Did not deliver
Mario Balotelli19140850Good
Florian Aye22138700Did not deliver
Bruno Martella24127500Did not deliver
Jaromír Zmrhal21113520Did not deliver
Birkir Bjarnason1380401Did not deliver
Daniele Gastaldello839000Did not deliver
Giangiacomo Magnani211400Did not deliver
Alessandro Matri811000Did not deliver
Luca Tremolada11400Did not deliver
Alejandro Rodríguez0000Did not deliver

Cagliari (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Giovanni Simeone372942123Good
Nahitan Nández35290823Fair
Marko Rog30233311Fair
Radja Nainggolan26208167Excellent
Robin Olsen17153100Fair
Federico Mattiello1893301Below expectations
Christian Oliva1146711Fair
Gastón Pereiro1035510Below expectations
Rick634200Did not deliver
Alberto Paloschi720600Did not deliver
Simone Pinna19000Did not deliver
Guglielmo Vicario *0000Investment

Fiorentina (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Erick Pulgar37296976Excellent
Pol Lirola35267002Fair
Dalbert31248905Good
Martín Cáceres27239410Fair
Franck Ribéry21142433Good
Alfred Duncan1389311Below expectations
Patrick Cutrone1984741Below expectations
Rachid Ghezzal1983610Did not deliver
Kevin-Prince Boateng1461010Below expectations
Christian Kouamé729811Fair
Kevin Agudelo37500Did not deliver
Pedro *46300Investment
Jacob Rasmussen0000Did not deliver

Genoa (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lasse Schöne32243323Good
Andrea Pinamonti32224751Fair
Cristián Zapata20172810Fair
Francesco Cassata24146920Did not deliver
Andrea Masiello15133201Below expectations
Valon Behrami17111500Did not deliver
Antonio Barreca18109401Did not deliver
Peter Ankersen19106701Did not deliver
Edoardo Goldaniga1378910Did not deliver
Marko Pajač1176200Below expectations
Kevin Agudelo1067211Fair
Adama Soumaoro863810Fair
Iago Falque1052121Fair
Riccardo Saponara416800Did not deliver
Mattia Destro816500Did not deliver
Sinan Gümüş39500Did not deliver
Paweł Jaroszyński0000Did not deliver

Hellas Verona (23 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Darko Lazović38324837Excellent
Amir Rrahmani36322901Good
Davide Faraoni36322953Excellent
Sofyan Amrabat34292911Good
Miguel Veloso34281634Excellent
Koray Günter32274000Fair
Matteo Pessina35248670Good
Valerio Verre32178932Below expectations
Alan Empereur1386000Below expectations
Fabio Borini1481230Fair
Mariusz Stępiński2172931Below expectations
Paweł Dawidowicz1569010Did not deliver
Eddy Salcedo1768310Did not deliver
Federico Dimarco1352603Fair
Valentin Eysseric635200Below expectations
Salvatore Bocchetti530200Below expectations
Boris Radunović327000Did not deliver
Emmanuel Badu1023800Did not deliver
Claud Adjapong523500Did not deliver
Gennaro Tutino622300Did not deliver
Liam Henderson419500Did not deliver
Gianni Munari0000Did not deliver
Antonio Di Gaudio0000Did not deliver

Inter (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Romelu Lukaku362983232Excellent
Nicolò Barella27201314Good
Diego Godín23163611Good
Cristiano Biraghi26158526Good
Ashley Young18118844Excellent
Alexis Sánchez2293348Fair
Stefano Sensi1272732Fair
Christian Eriksen1771712Below expectations
Victor Moses1242403Did not deliver
Valentino Lazaro734801Below expectations
Daniele Padelli327000Did not deliver
Andrew Gravillon0000Did not deliver

Juventus (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matthijs de Ligt29244840Good
Adrien Rabiot28191411Fair
Danilo22144720Fair
Aaron Ramsey24105631Fair
Merih Demiral641811Fair

Lazio (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Manuel Lazzari32256203Fair
Jony24121301Did not deliver
Denis Vavro1133200Did not deliver
Sofian Kiyine0000Did not deliver

Lecce (26 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Fabio Lucioni36315130Fair
Gabriel Vasconcelos34301500Good
Marco Mancosu332460142Excellent
Luca Rossettini27229102Below expectations
Jacopo Petriccione31214305Good
Marco Calderoni26207832Fair
Filippo Falco30202546Excellent
Panagiotis Tachtsidis28201502Fair
Andrea Rispoli28193200Did not deliver
Gianluca Lapadula251785110Excellent
Giulio Donati20177710Fair
Zan Majer27167811Below expectations
Khouma Babacar25143230Fair
Antonín Barák16138321Fair
Evgen Shakhov24108512Did not deliver
Cristian Dell'Orco14101701Did not deliver
Riccardo Saponara1396224Fair
Nehuén Paz1385500Did not deliver
Diego Farias1882720Fair
Alessandro Deiola1072711Fair
Andrea La Mantia1255620Below expectations
Mauro Vigorito542200Below expectations
Giannelli Imbula312900Did not deliver
Romario Benzar39700Did not deliver
Simone Lo Faso0000Did not deliver
Marco Tumminello0000Did not deliver

Napoli (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Giovanni Di Lorenzo33298833Excellent
Kōnstantinos Manōlas26218340Good
Eljif Elmas26116111Did not deliver
Hirving Lozano26104541Fair
Diego Demme1591010Below expectations
Stanislav Lobotka1477600Below expectations
Matteo Politano1576322Fair
Fernando Llorente1750631Below expectations
Michael Folorunsho *0000Investment
Filippo Costa0000Did not deliver

Parma (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dejan Kulusevski362940108Excellent
Matteo Darmian33269111Fair
Hernani32242404Good
Jasmin Kurtić20167021Good
Andreas Cornelius261498123Excellent
Gastón Brugman23147302Fair
Giuseppe Pezzella2295700Did not deliver
Vincent Laurini1589502Below expectations
Gianluca Caprari1259320Fair
Yann Karamoh1457611Fair
Vasco Regini24900Did not deliver

Sampdoria (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Morten Thorsby24186611Did not deliver
Fabio Depaoli29185101Below expectations
Maya Yoshida14118601Fair
Jeison Murillo1066800Did not deliver
Julian Chabot857010Did not deliver
Andrea Bertolacci1254200Did not deliver
Mehdi Léris1550611Fair
Emiliano Rigoni843001Below expectations
Antonino La Gumina519100Did not deliver
Gonzalo Maroni *518101Investment

Sassuolo (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Francesco Caputo362948217Excellent
Jeremy Toljan29219812Fair
Pedro Obiang25167211Did not deliver
Hamed Junior Traorè31157541Below expectations
Filippo Romagna18147600Below expectations
Mert Müldür24127621Did not deliver
Vlad Chiricheş970800Did not deliver

Spal (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Etrit Berisha26234000Good
Arkadiusz Reca25193702Below expectations
Nenad Tomović23177001Did not deliver
Bryan Dabo16113514Fair
Federico Di Francesco20109620Fair
Karlo Letica1091100Did not deliver
Jacopo Sala1684900Did not deliver
Marco D'Alessandro1579320Fair
Alberto Cerri843510Fair
Lucas Castro743000Below expectations
Ervin Zukanović320300Did not deliver

Torino (3 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Simone Verdi33213126Excellent
Diego Laxalt1659901Did not deliver
Samir Ujkani19000Did not deliver

Udinese (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ken Sema32246721Fair
Rodrigo Becão29221111Below expectations
Mato Jajalo26165600Below expectations
Ilija Nestorovski28127331Fair
Walace20114900Did not deliver
Signings Report · Serie A 2019/20 · December 23, 2019