SigningLab · Annual Report

Signing Accuracy — Serie A 2024/25

Published on January 13, 2025

Executive Summary

280
Real signings
259
Evaluated
38%
Clubs' average hit rate
54
Successful
125
Unsuccessful

In total we identified 280 real signings by the clubs of Serie A in the 2024/25 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 259 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 21 are youth investments (under-23 with no game time), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes in the season count as unsuccessful.

Club Ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %SigningLab*
1Inter54220
75%
100%
2Napoli109432
61%
100%
3Juventus1212462
58%
100%
4AC Milan1110352
55%
100%
5AS Roma1513706
54%
85%
6Fiorentina1715555
50%
87%
7Atalanta1212354
46%
92%
8Bologna109243
44%
78%
9Torino11º1212345
42%
100%
10Parma15º2220569
40%
75%
11Cagliari16º88224
38%
88%
12Como10º353571117
36%
89%
13Lazio97133
36%
71%
14Udinese12º109144
33%
89%
15Empoli18º1110055
25%
100%
16Venezia19º29282818
21%
93%
17Lecce17º15143011
21%
93%
18Hellas Verona14º17130310
12%
100%
19Genoa13º109027
11%
89%
20Monza20º1010028
10%
100%

* SigningLab: hit rate of SigningLab’s verdicts (recommend or not recommend) on each club’s evaluated signings, projected at the time of signing.

The difference between Signings and Evaluated are youth investments (under-23 with no game time in the season), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes are unsuccessful (Did not deliver).

Season Highlights

The ten signings with the greatest technical impact of the season, according to the Player Impact Score (PIS).

PlayerClubPosMinG+AAvg ratingRatingSigningLab
Romelu LukakuNapoliF287014+107.00Excellent
Oumar SoletUdineseD16741+27.24Excellent
Elia CaprileCagliariG16290+07.17Excellent
Strahinja PavlovićAC MilanD18692+14.42Excellent
Nico PazComoM26996+87.02Excellent
Mateo ReteguiAtalantaF240225+87.33Excellent
Matías SouléAS RomaM17995+55.28Excellent
Gabriel StrefezzaComoM26326+47.16Excellent
Alexis SaelemaekersAS RomaD14147+36.13Excellent
Yacine AdliFiorentinaM12484+65.50Excellent

Methodology

Club assessment — the universe of signings

The report considers exclusively genuine signings for the first-team squad, identified by the player's effective incorporation into the group between seasons. Excluded from the universe are: academy promotions, loan returns, internal administrative moves and transfers recorded but never completed. The aim is to measure the quality of market decisions — and those alone.

Player Impact Score (PIS)

Each evaluated signing receives a score from 0 to 100 that combines four observable technical dimensions: individual performance (average match ratings over the season), output (goals, assists and decisive actions adjusted for game time), collective performance (starting status and correlation with the club's results) and availability (volume of matches, adjusted for interruptions). High-impact players with reduced game time are promoted through an alternative efficiency criterion.

Outcome classification

The rating tiers are: Excellent and Good (successful signings — a full point in the index), Fair (intermediate performance — half a point) and Below expectations / Did not deliver (unsuccessful signings). Two categories sit outside the calculation, for distinct reasons: Injury (a serious injury prevented a fair assessment) and Investment (an under-23 player with low game time — the return depends on development and cannot be counted for or against the club in this cycle). Signings that did not reach relevant game time in the season are classified as unsuccessful, reflecting the sporting cost of the decision.

A note on scope

This is SigningLab's public, simplified model, developed for transparent retrospective market assessment. SigningLab's commercial solutions for partner clubs use a substantially larger set of variables and dedicated predictive mechanisms, and are not fully reflected in this document.

Appendix — Signings by club

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

AC Milan (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Youssouf Fofana35250916Fair
Strahinja Pavlović37186921Excellent
Emerson20138200Fair
Tammy Abraham34118234Fair
Álvaro Morata16110550Fair
João Félix1676720Good
Santiago Giménez1467652Good
Kyle Walker1165800Fair
Warren Bondo *1216200Investment
Riccardo Sottil1412200Did not deliver
Silvano Vos1000Did not deliver

AS Roma (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Manu Koné35258221Good
Artem Dovbyk352430122Good
Matías Soulé37179955Excellent
Alexis Saelemaekers26141473Excellent
Mats Hummels3391800Good
Devyne Rensch1547901Good
Enzo Le Fée1531900Below expectations
Mario Hermoso1325500Below expectations
Lucas Gourna-Douath1522600Did not deliver
Saud Abdulhamid3120501Good
Victor Nelsson1318500Did not deliver
Anass Salah-Eddine *1515301Investment
Samuel Dahl *224100Investment
Pierluigi Gollini16000Did not deliver
Mathew Ryan19000Did not deliver

Atalanta (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Raoul Bellanova36240709Good
Mateo Retegui362402258Excellent
Lazar Samardžić37114921Fair
Odilon Kossounou20112500Below expectations
Marco Brescianini34101042Fair
Juan Cuadrado2982502Good
Stefan Posch538800Below expectations
Nicolò Zaniolo2034422Fair
Ibrahim Sulemana3528220Fair
Rui Patrício3627000Did not deliver
Daniel Maldini1225730Fair
Ben Godfrey152200Did not deliver

Bologna (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Miranda36229106Good
Benjamín Domínguez35131032Below expectations
Tommaso Pobega31117822Fair
Thijs Dallinga38116332Below expectations
Emil Holm30113711Fair
Nicolò Casale3291101Fair
Davide Calabria1364701Fair
Nicolò Cambiaghi1961413Good
Martin Erlić3033400Did not deliver
Samuel Iling Junior *1913110Investment

Cagliari (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sebastiano Luperto38324913Good
Roberto Piccoli373151101Below expectations
Nadir Zortea36273662Fair
Michel Ndary Adopo37241711Below expectations
Elia Caprile18162900Excellent
José Luis Palomino38109110Fair
Mattia Felici3792303Did not deliver
Alen Sherri3862200Below expectations

Como (35 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Nico Paz36269968Excellent
Gabriel Strefezza37263264Excellent
Lucas Da Cunha38262532Excellent
Marc-Oliver Kempf32261700Fair
Edoardo Goldaniga35254310Fair
Patrick Cutrone38205374Below expectations
Maximo Perrone26185903Fair
Alberto Dossena26182902Good
Alberto Moreno30174100Below expectations
Alieu Fadera34166713Fair
Jean Butez20166500Good
Ignace Van der Brempt26126401Below expectations
Assane Diao15125781Good
Yannik Engelhardt37118511Below expectations
Maxence Caqueret19109723Good
Pepe Reina38103500Did not deliver
Emil Audero2372000Below expectations
Mergim Vojvoda1271812Fair
Sergi Roberto1569601Fair
Ivan Smolčić1563500Fair
Andrea Belotti2361120Fair
Anastasios Douvikas1457822Fair
Jonathan Ikoné1554220Fair
Federico Barba1543700Did not deliver
Alessio Iovine3739300Did not deliver
Luca Mazzitelli1535811Fair
Matthias Braunöder3627900Did not deliver
Marco Sala1626700Did not deliver
Simone Verdi2012500Did not deliver
Daniele Baselli132300Did not deliver
Dele Alli101000Did not deliver
Oliver Abildgaard1700Did not deliver
Tommaso Cassandro1000Did not deliver
Mauro Vigorito11000Did not deliver
Raphaël Varane0000Did not deliver

Empoli (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Devis Vásquez38288000Fair
Sebastiano Esposito34234180Fair
Lorenzo Colombo37224962Below expectations
Faustino Anjorin22111723Fair
Mattia De Sciglio3278110Fair
Ola Solbakken2276400Did not deliver
Christian Kouamé850810Fair
Marco Silvestri1545000Did not deliver
Pietro Pellegri1341330Did not deliver
Junior Sambia3539400Did not deliver
Saba Sazonov *2000Investment

Fiorentina (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
David De Gea38315001Good
Moise Kean322710193Fair
Robin Gosens32252755Excellent
Danilo Cataldi26172430Fair
Andrea Colpani27144521Good
Marin Pongračić28136800Below expectations
Albert Guðmundsson27128561Fair
Yacine Adli31124846Excellent
Amir Richardson36110611Below expectations
Pablo Marí14109800Fair
Nicolò Fagioli1596212Good
Edoardo Bove1285612Fair
Michael Folorunsho1564600Below expectations
Cher Ndour1540700Did not deliver
Nicolò Zaniolo1135600Below expectations
Matias Moreno *3415000Investment
Nicolás Valentini *5000Investment

Genoa (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Andrea Pinamonti372860101Fair
Alessandro Zanoli35171410Below expectations
Fabio Miretti27169433Below expectations
Brooke Norton-Cuffy2672100Did not deliver
Pierluigi Gollini1563000Did not deliver
Jean Onana1229800Below expectations
Maxwel Cornet724221Fair
Benjamin Siegrist1615300Did not deliver
Mario Balotelli96700Did not deliver
Alessandro Marcandalli *204600Investment

Hellas Verona (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Domagoj Bradarić35194810Below expectations
Amin Sarr36191841Below expectations
Casper Tengstedt29153161Fair
Daniel Mosquera37137151Below expectations
Nicolás Valentini14113200Fair
Flavius Daniliuc35100400Did not deliver
Dailon Rocha Livramento3695311Did not deliver
Grigoris Kastanos3886611Did not deliver
Cheikh Niasse1375700Did not deliver
Antoine Bernede1559810Did not deliver
Martin Frese1455100Did not deliver
Abdou Harroui1146212Fair
Daniel Oyegoke *1511000Investment
Faride Alidou136800Did not deliver
Yllan Okou *24100Investment
Luan Patrick *6000Investment
Ayanda Sishuba *14000Investment

Inter (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Piotr Zieliński3098422Good
Mehdi Taremi3681612Good
Josep Martínez3845000Fair
Nicola Zalewski1344211Fair
Tomás Palacios *181000Investment

Juventus (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Michele Di Gregorio38297000Good
Khéphren Thuram35233745Good
Pierre Kalulu31233510Fair
Teun Koopmeiners29199733Fair
Nicolás González27177632Good
Francisco Conceição28134133Good
Randal Kolo Muani17116481Fair
Renato Veiga14109401Fair
Lloyd Kelly13101500Fair
Douglas Luiz2552200Fair
Juan Cabal1246100Below expectations
Christos Papadopoulos1000Did not deliver

Lazio (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Boulaye Dia37219293Fair
Nuno Tavares26169908Fair
Oluwafisayo Dele-Bashiru3695331Fair
Tijjani Noslin3789422Below expectations
Samuel Gigot3368820Good
Loum Tchaouna3765310Below expectations
Reda Belahyane *1419100Investment
Gaetano Castrovilli1916300Did not deliver
Arijon Ibrahimović *151100Investment

Lecce (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lassana Coulibaly38267810Below expectations
Frédéric Guilbert33245101Good
Kialonda Gaspar29214301Good
Jose Morente36202932Below expectations
Balthazar Pierret32172600Did not deliver
Gaby Jean30138700Did not deliver
Ante Rebić3479910Below expectations
Jesper Karlsson2050410Good
Danilo Veiga1637500Did not deliver
Konan N'Dri1531300Did not deliver
Andy Pelmard1613400Did not deliver
Marco Sala147100Did not deliver
Kevin Bonifazi96700Did not deliver
Filip Marchwiński *131400Investment
Christian Früchtl38000Did not deliver

Monza (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Stefano Turati34267700Fair
Alessandro Bianco35260510Below expectations
Semuel Pizzignacco3873600Did not deliver
Keita Baldé1164120Below expectations
Gaetano Castrovilli1559600Did not deliver
Kacper Urbański1750500Did not deliver
Tomás Palacios1644500Fair
Stefan Leković1636400Did not deliver
Silvère Ganvoula1032500Did not deliver
Omari Forson3122200Did not deliver

Napoli (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Scott McTominay342941124Excellent
Romelu Lukaku3628701410Excellent
Alessandro Buongiorno26192610Fair
Leonardo Spinazzola33153611Fair
David Neres29129424Good
Billy Gilmour35117801Fair
Philip Billing1820110Good
Rafa Marín *3814200Investment
Simone Scuffet199000Did not deliver
Noah Okafor144800Did not deliver

Parma (22 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Zion Suzuki37331500Excellent
Simon Sohm37299940Below expectations
Enrico Del Prato35294640Good
Emanuele Valeri36287826Fair
Botond Balogh36205301Fair
Dennis Man35200544Good
Mandela Keita34182702Fair
Lautaro Valenti30155710Fair
Adrián Bernabé García23146111Good
Matteo Cancellieri29144030Below expectations
Antoine Hainaut37120720Fair
Pontus Almqvist36112011Below expectations
Woyo Coulibaly17108501Did not deliver
Alessandro Vogliacco1377500Below expectations
Mateo Pellegrino1574531Fair
Nahuel Estévez2566400Below expectations
Drissa Camara3744400Did not deliver
Jacob Ondrejka1742850Good
Milan Đurić1228410Below expectations
Adrian Benedyczak1421300Did not deliver
Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik *1910500Investment
Edoardo Corvi *38000Investment

Torino (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Saúl Coco35284720Fair
Che Adams37265693Good
Guillermo Maripán34234111Good
Sebastian Walukiewicz34166800Below expectations
Marcus Pedersen35137700Did not deliver
Borna Sosa28118500Fair
Cristiano Biraghi15115800Good
Eljif Elmas14102540Fair
Cesare Casadei15102311Fair
Alberto Paleari389000Did not deliver
Amine Salama4000Did not deliver
Uroš Kabić0000Did not deliver

Udinese (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jesper Karlström37318903Fair
Jürgen Ekkelenkamp36190232Fair
Oumar Solet19167412Excellent
Arthur Atta30124601Below expectations
Razvan Sava31108000Below expectations
Souleymane Isaak Touré1773610Fair
Rui Modesto3461201Below expectations
Alexis Sánchez2043900Fair
Damián Pizarro *242400Investment
Egil Selvik2000Did not deliver

Venezia (29 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jay Idzes35312810Fair
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia35287042Fair
Mikael Ellertsson37248022Fair
Gaetano Oristanio38233333Below expectations
Francesco Zampano35164812Did not deliver
Joel Pohjanpalo20161560Fair
Fali Candé17153011Good
Alessio Zerbin18152011Fair
Filip Stanković28136800Good
Ionuț Radu15135000Fair
John Yeboah33123111Did not deliver
Kike16112110Fair
Joel Schingtienne32112100Below expectations
Marin Šverko27111910Below expectations
Antonio Candela19101101Did not deliver
Alfred Duncan2095900Did not deliver
Issa Doumbia3694300Did not deliver
Christian Gytkjær3876921Did not deliver
Giorgio Altare1675100Below expectations
Jesse Joronen3670200Fair
Magnus Kofod Andersen1869211Below expectations
Mirko Marić1336100Did not deliver
Alessandro Marcandalli1635700Did not deliver
Franco Carboni3522800Did not deliver
Cheick Oumar Conde1716600Did not deliver
Richie Sagrado2014300Did not deliver
Antonio Raimondo *1511600Investment
Nicholas Pierini28200Did not deliver
Nunzio Lella2800Did not deliver