Signings Report — Serie A 2020/21

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on March 15, 2021

We identified 180 real signings across the 20 clubs of Serie A; 175 are included in the hit-rate calculation (5 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 37%.

Comparison with 2019/20

The league's average hit rate was 37%, against 34% the previous season (▲ 3 p.p.). There were 180 real signings, against 224 in 2019/20.

Hit rate by club

1º Juventus (4th in the league · 5 eval.)
80%
2º Napoli (5th in the league · 4 eval.)
62%
3º Benevento (18th in the league · 14 eval.)
57%
4º Sampdoria (9th in the league · 5 eval.)
50%
5º Bologna (12th in the league · 4 eval.)
50%
6º Inter (1st in the league · 4 eval.)
50%
7º Udinese (14th in the league · 10 eval.)
45%
8º Cagliari (16th in the league · 9 eval.)
44%
9º Genoa (11th in the league · 13 eval.)
42%
10º AS Roma (7th in the league · 5 eval.)
40%
11º Hellas Verona (10th in the league · 14 eval.)
39%
12º Crotone (19th in the league · 18 eval.)
25%
13º Spezia (15th in the league · 18 eval.)
25%
14º Sassuolo (8th in the league · 2 eval.)
25%
15º Atalanta (3rd in the league · 9 eval.)
22%
16º Lazio (6th in the league · 9 eval.)
22%
17º Fiorentina (13th in the league · 9 eval.)
17%
18º Torino (17th in the league · 9 eval.)
17%
19º AC Milan (2nd in the league · 7 eval.)
14%
20º Parma (20th in the league · 7 eval.)
14%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Juventus6540180%
Napoli4421162%
Benevento18º141464457%
Sampdoria5521250%
Bologna12º5412150%
Inter4412150%
Udinese14º101033445%
Cagliari16º9932444%
Genoa11º141351742%
10ºAS Roma5520340%
11ºHellas Verona10º141443739%
12ºCrotone19º1818411325%
13ºSpezia15º1818331225%
14ºSassuolo3201125%
15ºAtalanta9912622%
16ºLazio9904522%
17ºFiorentina13º9911717%
18ºTorino17º9911717%
19ºAC Milan7702514%
20ºParma20º8702514%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Junior MessiasCrotone32189+47.19Excellent
Federico ChiesaJuventus22318+86.96Excellent
Antonio CandrevaSampdoria25125+86.99Excellent
Răzvan MarinCagliari29783+67.07Excellent
Achraf HakimiInter26767+86.81Excellent

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 (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Fikayo Tomori20146610Fair
Sandro Tonali35134100Did not deliver
Brahim Díaz34124243Fair
Diogo Dalot35108211Below expectations
Soualiho Meïté2158500Did not deliver
Mario Mandžukić1220400Did not deliver
Ciprian Tătărușanu389000Did not deliver

AS Roma (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pedro28159852Excellent
Borja Mayoral351567102Good
Marash Kumbulla29136910Below expectations
Bryan Reynolds1328500Did not deliver
Tall Lamine Junior1000Did not deliver

Atalanta (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Cristian Romero34254522Good
Joakim Maehle23121702Fair
Aleksey Miranchuk3368442Fair
Johan Mojica1430500Did not deliver
Sam Lammers3629020Did not deliver
Fabio Depaoli1719100Did not deliver
Cristiano Piccini36300Did not deliver
Viktor Kovalenko14300Did not deliver
Boris Radunović2000Did not deliver

Benevento (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lorenzo Montipò37333000Good
Kamil Glik36320721Excellent
Artur Ioniță36284720Good
Gianluca Lapadula38257482Excellent
Pasquale Schiattarella31225311Good
Përparim Hetemaj37221902Fair
Gianluca Caprari32187856Excellent
Bryan Dabo34114200Did not deliver
Fabio Depaoli15112300Fair
Marco Sau3077842Fair
Adolfo Gaich1777620Fair
Andrés Tello3241310Did not deliver
Gabriele Moncini1636000Did not deliver
Iago Falque1736011Below expectations

Bologna (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lorenzo De Silvestri36215120Fair
Adama Soumaoro21175910Good
Emanuel Vignato38120914Fair
Paolo Faragò102200Did not deliver
Sebastian Breza *7000Investment

Cagliari (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Răzvan Marin37297836Excellent
Diego Godín30251010Good
Riccardo Sottil22118921Good
Alfred Duncan19107701Fair
Daniele Rugani18101211Fair
Adam Ounas831100Below expectations
Alessandro Tripaldelli2730600Did not deliver
Kwadwo Asamoah1822100Did not deliver
Arturo Calabresi172000Did not deliver

Crotone (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Junior Messias36321894Excellent
Pedro Pereira36255704Good
Arkadiusz Reca30231723Excellent
Lisandro Magallán36218412Fair
Sebastiano Luperto31188400Below expectations
Koffi Djidji28152210Below expectations
Miloš Vulić35131211Below expectations
Adam Ounas16120643Excellent
Jacopo Petriccione3497300Did not deliver
Luca Cigarini1893800Below expectations
Eduardo Henrique3392010Did not deliver
Andrea Rispoli3265900Did not deliver
Samuel Di Carmine1447500Did not deliver
Denis Drăguş2317700Did not deliver
Luis Rojas3311300Did not deliver
Luca Siligardi154400Did not deliver
Marko Janković0000Did not deliver
Samuel Armenteros0000Did not deliver

Fiorentina (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sofyan Amrabat35244500Fair
Giacomo Bonaventura34227032Excellent
Lucas Martínez34148210Did not deliver
José Callejón3366601Did not deliver
Borja Valero2748800Did not deliver
Kévin Malcuit1521100Did not deliver
Aleksandr Kokorin99100Did not deliver
Antonio Barreca348400Did not deliver
Antonio Rosati15000Did not deliver

Genoa (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Milan Badelj35241514Good
Davide Zappacosta27203242Good
Miha Zajc37186513Fair
Marko Pjaca35141832Good
Gianluca Scamacca31134982Good
Kevin Strootman19132804Good
Lennart Czyborra32117510Did not deliver
Mattia Bani1792300Did not deliver
Luca Pellegrini1462801Below expectations
Jérôme Onguene1517900Did not deliver
Manolo Portanova136300Did not deliver
Vittorio Parigini75200Did not deliver
Joel Asoro *1000Investment
Salvador Ichazo0000Did not deliver

Hellas Verona (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Antonín Barák34277573Excellent
Adrien Tameze35231510Good
Ivan Ilić38183620Fair
Federico Ceccherini28174900Fair
Giangiacomo Magnani29151500Fair
Kevin Lasagna19127220Good
Nikola Kalinić20107620Good
Ebrima Colley3172010Did not deliver
Stefano Sturaro1742200Did not deliver
Yıldırım Mert Çetin3041800Did not deliver
Andrea Favilli1833220Below expectations
Ronaldo Vieira822400Did not deliver
Kevin Ruegg2520000Did not deliver
Marco Benassi1000Did not deliver

Inter (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Achraf Hakimi37267678Excellent
Matteo Darmian34116733Fair
Arturo Vidal26114711Fair
Aleksandar Kolarov2338701Did not deliver

Juventus (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Federico Chiesa31223188Excellent
Álvaro Morata332029119Excellent
Dejan Kulusevski37192243Good
Weston McKennie36169852Good
Arthur32116310Below expectations
Marley Aké *3000Investment

Lazio (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pepe Reina38261000Fair
Mohamed Fares27113601Below expectations
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro36105001Fair
Wesley Hoedt2995900Did not deliver
Vedat Muriqi3183510Below expectations
Gonzalo Escalante2973101Fair
Andreas Pereira3154412Fair
Mateo Musacchio1523300Did not deliver
Angelo Ndrecka1000Did not deliver

Napoli (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Tiemoué Bakayoko35197721Good
Victor Osimhen251575103Excellent
Amir Rrahmani32109010Did not deliver
Andrea Petagna3198143Fair

Parma (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Yordan Osorio27181800Fair
Mattia Bani17114700Below expectations
Andrea Conti1281600Below expectations
Dennis Man1470321Fair
Lautaro Valenti2150400Did not deliver
Juan Brunetta2947312Did not deliver
Wylan Cyprien2341000Did not deliver
Joshua Zirkzee *510900Investment

Sampdoria (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Antonio Candreva35251258Excellent
Adrien Silva31160211Fair
Keita Baldé28120371Good
Ernesto Torregrossa1116610Did not deliver
Karlo Letica319000Did not deliver

Sassuolo (3 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Maxime López34187420Fair
Kaan Ayhan3379300Did not deliver
Nicolás Schiappacasse *81400Investment

Spezia (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ivan Provedel31261000Fair
M'Bala Nzola251898113Excellent
Nahuel Estévez29176903Good
Julian Chabot33165411Below expectations
Diego Farias33151642Good
Kevin Agudelo37135812Fair
Daniele Verde2897961Fair
Léo Sena2288700Did not deliver
Jeroen Zoet2060400Did not deliver
Riccardo Saponara1239120Below expectations
Jacopo Sala937700Did not deliver
Alessandro Deiola1836200Did not deliver
Juan Ramos1229100Did not deliver
Cristian Dell'Orco2025800Did not deliver
Rafael1420601Did not deliver
Federico Mattiello13500Did not deliver
Antonio Di Gaudio0000Did not deliver
Luigi Vitale0000Did not deliver

Torino (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Karol Linetty35184210Below expectations
Rolando Mandragora17153431Excellent
Mergim Vojvoda33138022Below expectations
Ricardo Rodríguez34124500Did not deliver
Antonio Sanabria1598451Fair
Nicola Murru2856800Did not deliver
Federico Bonazzoli3356722Below expectations
Amer Gojak3047711Did not deliver
Krisztofer Horvath2000Did not deliver

Udinese (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Roberto Pereyra34293457Excellent
Kevin Bonifazi34247200Fair
Tolgay Arslan33183730Good
Nahuel Molina33182325Good
Fernando Llorente1972010Below expectations
Gerard Deulofeu1659811Fair
Fernando Forestieri2554311Fair
Jean-Victor Makengo3252100Did not deliver
Thomas Ouwejan2940902Did not deliver
Sebastian Prödl3000Did not deliver
Signings Report · Serie A 2020/21 · March 15, 2021