Signings Report — Serie A 2021/22

Quantitative analysis of clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on January 3, 2022
228
Real signings
219
Evaluated
38%
Average hit rate
49
Successful
▲ 1 p.p.
vs 2020/21 season

We identified 228 real signings for the first-team squad — academy promotions, loan returns and transfers that never went through are excluded. 9 youth investments (under-23) are classified separately. This edition introduces the adjusted hit rate, which statistically weights clubs with few signings to avoid small-sample distortions.

Club Ranking

ClubLeague pos.SigningsEvaluated SuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulRaw %Adjusted %
1Inter7740357%47%
2Lazio6631258%47%
3Juventus7421162%46%
4Fiorentina9925250%44%
5AC Milan7731350%44%
6AS Roma6622250%43%
7Atalanta8823344%41%
8Torino10º8831444%41%
9Udinese12º101032540%39%
10Bologna13º5520340%39%
11Hellas Verona8822438%38%
12Empoli14º2222641236%37%
13Napoli3310233%37%
14Salernitana17º32316101536%36%
15Sampdoria15º10913528%33%
16Spezia16º111122727%32%
17Cagliari18º101005525%31%
18Sassuolo11º440040%25%
19Venezia20º3432462222%25%
20Genoa19º2119151318%24%

The Adjusted % applies Bayesian weighting toward the league average (38%), proportional to the volume of signings — the ranking's official order.

Hit rate by transfer window

WindowSigningsHit rate %
Start-of-season window (Dec-Apr)9725%
Mid-year window (May-Aug)13142%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubPosMinG+ANotaRating
Tammy AbrahamAS RomaF309717+47.06Excellent
Gianluca CaprariHellas VeronaF276012+77.32Excellent
Hakan ÇalhanoğluInterF25167+127.12Excellent
Felipe AndersonLazioF28996+87.08Excellent
Andrea PinamontiEmpoliF287113+26.92Excellent
Francesco CaputoSampdoriaF279911+46.89Excellent

Methodology

Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time, collective contribution and consistency, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point. Signings without relevant game time are unsuccessful, except for youth investments (under-23) and serious, documented injuries.

Appendix — Signings by club

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

AC Milan (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Mike Maignan32288001Excellent
Olivier Giroud301903113Excellent
Junior Messias27142952Good
Alessandro Florenzi28115620Fair
Fodé Ballo-Touré3244900Did not deliver
Pietro Pellegri1213000Did not deliver
Antonio Mirante29000Did not deliver

AS Roma (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rui Patrício38342000Good
Tammy Abraham373097174Excellent
Matías Viña34157201Below expectations
Sérgio Oliveira1590521Fair
Eldor Shomurodov3777534Fair
Ainsley Maitland-Niles1849100Did not deliver

Atalanta (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Musso37293200Fair
Davide Zappacosta35236415Good
Teun Koopmeiners34214141Good
Merih Demiral34191712Fair
Giuseppe Pezzella32107002Did not deliver
Jérémie Boga1576400Fair
Matteo Lovato1530901Did not deliver
Valentin Mihăilă167300Did not deliver

Bologna (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marko Arnautović342703141Excellent
Arthur Theate34242721Good
Kevin Bonifazi30123200Did not deliver
Michel Aebischer1644000Did not deliver
Nicolas Viola2410700Did not deliver

Cagliari (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Raoul Bellanova35249812Fair
Alberto Grassi36219302Fair
Dalbert30209302Fair
Matteo Lovato17124200Below expectations
Keita Baldé29123831Fair
Edoardo Goldaniga1593600Did not deliver
Martín Cáceres1483311Fair
Kevin Strootman1664400Did not deliver
Daniele Baselli1328301Below expectations
Boris Radunović3727000Did not deliver

Empoli (22 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Guglielmo Vicario38342000Good
Andrea Pinamonti362871132Excellent
Petar Stojanović34273911Good
Nedim Bajrami38206965Good
Liam Henderson38203823Good
Filippo Bandinelli35196323Good
Sebastiano Luperto32195802Fair
Simone Romagnoli33149820Did not deliver
Patrick Cutrone37141130Fair
Federico Di Francesco30137650Fair
Riccardo Marchizza22135101Below expectations
Ardian Ismajli33127800Did not deliver
Nicolas Haas17100602Fair
Lorenzo Tonelli2586800Did not deliver
Leo Štulac3782822Below expectations
Riccardo Fiamozzi3262201Did not deliver
Liberato Cacace1546900Did not deliver
Leonardo Mancuso2242810Did not deliver
Marco Benassi1537600Did not deliver
Valerio Verre1232201Below expectations
Giovanni Crociata11400Did not deliver
Samir Ujkani35000Did not deliver

Fiorentina (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Nicolás González34235876Excellent
Lucas Torreira34220651Good
Álvaro Odriozola30172811Fair
Youssef Maleh37102623Fair
Arthur1675022Fair
Krzysztof Piątek1874130Fair
Jonathan Ikoné1964811Fair
Matija Nastasić2921700Did not deliver
Antonio Rosati28000Did not deliver

Genoa (21 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Salvatore Sirigu38333000Good
Johan Vásquez35228010Fair
Caleb Ekuban32171712Fair
Silvan Hefti18129000Below expectations
Leo Østigård16117100Below expectations
Nikola Maksimović16111600Below expectations
Pablo Galdames29103000Did not deliver
Zinho Vanheusden1898900Did not deliver
Nadiem Amiri1369001Fair
Hernani2867900Did not deliver
Albert Guðmundsson1460510Below expectations
Mohamed Fares958621Fair
Abdoulaye Touré1843400Did not deliver
Stefano Sabelli1735100Did not deliver
Felipe Caicedo928212Fair
Roberto Piccoli621500Did not deliver
Adrian Šemper359000Did not deliver
Riccardo Calafiori *118500Investment
Aleksander Buksa106700Did not deliver
Lorenzo Andrenacci6000Did not deliver
Alessandro Vogliacco *0000Investment

Hellas Verona (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lorenzo Montipò36306000Fair
Gianluca Caprari352760127Excellent
Giovanni Simeone362667175Excellent
Boško Šutalo3391500Did not deliver
Fabio Depaoli1871411Fair
Martin Hongla2965510Did not deliver
Panagiotis Retsos125900Did not deliver
Gianluca Frabotta121700Did not deliver

Inter (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hakan Çalhanoğlu362516712Excellent
Edin Džeko382479135Excellent
Denzel Dumfries38203254Good
Joaquín Correa26102461Excellent
Robin Gosens1116301Did not deliver
Felipe Caicedo132700Did not deliver
Alex Cordaz29000Did not deliver

Juventus (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Manuel Locatelli31217334Excellent
Dušan Vlahović15107771Excellent
Denis Zakaria1059611Fair
Kaio Jorge *2013700Investment
Marley Aké *127700Investment
Martin Palumbo11200Did not deliver
Mohammed Ihattaren *0000Investment

Lazio (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Felipe Anderson38289968Excellent
Pedro32204895Excellent
Elseid Hysaj36203810Fair
Mattia Zaccagni29188545Excellent
Toma Bašić36100202Below expectations
Jovane Cabral1519210Did not deliver

Napoli (3 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
André Zambo Anguissa25192402Good
Juan Jesus38128610Did not deliver
Axel Tuanzebe101000Did not deliver

Salernitana (32 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Norbert Gyömbér34256600Fair
Lassana Coulibaly31233800Fair
Milan Đurić33218053Excellent
Luca Ranieri29211410Fair
Vid Belec38193600Did not deliver
Federico Bonazzoli331866100Excellent
Federico Fazio16143510Good
Franck Ribéry24142603Fair
Nadir Zortea35141912Fair
Luigi Sepe16139400Fair
Grigoris Kastanos33134711Below expectations
Pasquale Mazzocchi15127702Good
Francesco Di Tacchio32125600Did not deliver
Riccardo Gagliolo32115501Did not deliver
Éderson16115221Good
Joel Obi32114701Did not deliver
Ivan Radovanović14105511Good
Wajdi Kechrida2496201Did not deliver
Stefan Strandberg1193400Fair
Simone Verdi1684350Fair
Simy1984111Fair
Mamadou Coulibaly1380820Fair
Emil Bohinen1669901Did not deliver
Matteo Ruggeri1467700Below expectations
Andrea Schiavone2157610Did not deliver
Paweł Jaroszyński2550900Did not deliver
Luka Bogdan1439600Did not deliver
Diego Perotti1529400Did not deliver
Lys Mousset716301Did not deliver
Edoardo Vergani1911300Did not deliver
Mikael *168400Investment
Julian Kristoffersen2900Did not deliver

Sampdoria (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Francesco Caputo362799114Excellent
Tomás Rincón17117100Fair
Abdelhamid Sabiri1589832Fair
Stefano Sensi1275910Fair
Andrea Conti1124310Below expectations
Giangiacomo Magnani1623700Did not deliver
Sebastian Giovinco53700Did not deliver
Vladyslav Supryaga112300Did not deliver
Mohammed Ihattaren *1000Investment
Manuel De Luca0000Did not deliver

Sassuolo (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Matheuzinho32107201Below expectations
Abdou Harroui2845900Did not deliver
Ruan Netto R. Netto1921100Did not deliver
Emil Konradsen Ceide145900Did not deliver

Spezia (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dimitris Nikolaou37324000Good
Kelvin Amian33265011Good
Jakub Kiwior30196300Below expectations
Arkadiusz Reca26178502Fair
Viktor Kovalenko32133514Fair
Petko Hristov34125011Did not deliver
Janis Antiste3579910Did not deliver
Eddy Salcedo1944600Did not deliver
Ebrima Colley1739000Did not deliver
Mehdi Bourabia1927510Did not deliver
Samuel Mráz25200Did not deliver

Torino (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Josip Brekalo34229972Excellent
Tommaso Pobega34223943Good
Dennis Praet23154322Good
David Zima35131001Did not deliver
Marko Pjaca31115130Fair
Etrit Berisha3690000Did not deliver
Pietro Pellegri1221510Below expectations
Mohamed Fares1000Did not deliver

Udinese (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marco Silvestri35315000Good
Destiny Udogie36248554Good
Beto282175110Excellent
Nehuén Pérez32169501Did not deliver
Pablo Marí17134220Fair
Isaac Success2492827Fair
Brandon Soppy3678500Did not deliver
Lazar Samardžić3748822Below expectations
Daniele Padelli3727000Did not deliver
Filip Benković171800Did not deliver

Venezia (34 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Pietro Ceccaroni36312221Good
Mattia Caldara36270910Fair
Ethan Ampadu29228903Good
Thomas Henry33212893Excellent
Ridgeciano Haps28206111Fair
Gianluca Busio34195512Fair
Domen Črnigoj35189331Good
Niki Mäenpää30148501Did not deliver
Dennis Johnsen29147112Fair
Sergio Romero17144000Fair
Pasquale Mazzocchi19124400Below expectations
Michael Svoboda35123400Did not deliver
Tyronne Ebuehi23114200Did not deliver
Antonio Junior Vacca23107001Fair
Michaël Cuisance1592900Did not deliver
Aleš Matějů1373001Did not deliver
Tanner Tessmann3767300Did not deliver
Luca Fiordilino2466300Did not deliver
Dor Peretz3457901Did not deliver
Cristian Molinaro2455401Did not deliver
Luca Lezzerini1349500Did not deliver
Francesco Forte2041010Did not deliver
Nani1729401Did not deliver
Daan Heymans1925801Did not deliver
Maximilian Ullmann1524400Did not deliver
Jean-Pierre Nsame1524001Below expectations
Arnór Sigurðsson2117900Did not deliver
David Schnegg *1414000Investment
Nicolas Galazzi11700Did not deliver
Jacopo Dezi11600Did not deliver
Damiano Pecile2000Did not deliver
Giacomo Ricci0000Did not deliver
Sebastiano Esposito *0000Investment
Jack De Vries0000Did not deliver
Signings Report · Serie A 2021/22 · January 3, 2022