Some of the money bits from last page's article
At €30 million, Gonzalo Higuain cost more than any signing Juventus have made in the Agnelli-Marotta years. Higuain is also the second highest paid player in the league, earning a million more in base salary after tax than Carlos Tevez, whom the Old Lady bought for €9 million.
Then there's the wage bill. Although smaller than Juventus', Roma's and Milan's, it has climbed by €20 million. While there has been bang for their buck from the players in attack -- Juventus have only scored five more goals than Napoli in the last two years -- consider the defence, which has conceded 44 more. Perennially injured Juan Camilo Zuniga (€3.2 million) takes home more than every Juventus defender other than Giorgio Chiellini while Raul Albiol makes more than Leonardo Bonucci. For the first time under De Laurentiis, Napoli posted a loss as well.
Remember he inherited a team that had finished runners-up. True, Napoli lost their best player that summer in Edinson Cavani, but the club reinvested the €63 million Paris Saint-Germain coughed up for him and the money banked from automatic Champions League qualification. A top individual was sold to make the collective much better.
