Jose Mourinho has been working wonders at Roma despite the limited resources, something which won’t change this summer.
The Giallorossi have been moderately active in the early stages of the summer transfer window, setting up a loan deal for Rasmus Kristensen and picking up Evan Ndicka and Houssem Aouar on free transfers.
Whilst initial signs are positive, it’s already becoming apparent that Roma are not willing to invest heavily for key targets, like strikers Gianluca Scamacca or Alvaro Morata, instead insisting on loan deals for both.
Corriere dello Sport underlines how Roma are unable to spend heavily in the transfer market thanks to the settlement agreement made with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play board last September.
These financial issues, inherited from the previous ownership, have limited the club as far back as January 2022; since then, only one player has arrived in a definitive transfer – Zeki Celik.
All of Roma’s other recent signings have either been free transfers like Paulo Dybala or loan deals like Georginio Wijnaldum, similar to this summer and the arrivals of Kristensen and Ndicka.
Roma barely missed out on matching their FFP obligations at the end of last month, but were let off with a small fine. As such, it’s clear that their limited spending will continue to be a limitation for the near future, despite the success of Jose Mourinho and his players.
From what I understand, clubs are not permitted to spend more than a certain percentage of their income. PL clubs can spend millions and millions because they earn millions and millions from TV rights and commercial activity (and because it seems that their methods of investment are overlooked in general I.e. Man City) serie A clubs need to earn more to spend more. It’s a virtuous circle that has become a vicious one. They can’t invest in infrastructure and the Lega is unable to sell the TV rights for any sort of value.