Passed to the Big 16, Atalanta No More Need to Concern Player Salary

Atalanta president Antonio Percassi does not need to be too dizzy to find money to pay his players for the time being. Because, the money obtained by La Dea for the success of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League has closed everything. Despite being ranked among the top teams in Serie A, Atalanta's salary budget is among the smallest. As per La Gazzetta dello Sport, Atalanta's salary budget is only 36 million euros a season. That is the number that makes Atalanta ranked 13th in the list of Serie A clubs' salary budgets, just Sassuolo, Lecce, Parma, SPAL, Udinese, Brescia and Verona with smaller budgets. Atalanta Celebration of Atalanta's success qualifies for the last 16 of the Champions League.

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Well, thanks to the success of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League, Atalanta received a total prize of 39.5 million euros. That way, the salaries of all players can be paid. In fact, they still can 'change'. So, the details of 39.5 million euros are like what? Here we submit the calculations that have been made by the Calcio e Finanza page. By playing in the group phase alone, Atalanta has already earned 23.6 million euros. This does not include the 6.3 million euros they get from the match results. From six matches, Atalanta won 2 times, drew 1 time, and lost 3 times. Once won, a team can get up to 2.7 million euros. Meanwhile, the draw is valued at 900 thousand euros.

Atalanta (C) Robin Gosens and Marten de Roon celebrate Atalanta's goal. Photo: AFP / Sergei Supinsky Another bonus that Atalanta gets is 9.5 million euros. This is a bonus of their success reaching one place in the round of 16. Thus, the figure of 39.5 million euros was achieved. Is the end only until there? Certainly not. Because, when competing in the last 16 they will get more money. Not to mention the market pool money, ticket sales, and bonuses if they can enter the quarter-finals. For the market pool money, Atalanta will most likely get between 5 million and 7.4 million euros. As Internazionale was ousted, money for Atalanta became more and more. Then, from ticket sales at San Siro in three matches, Atalanta has collected 3.4 million euros. This does not include fall ticket sales later.