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List of Napoli Salaries 2017-2018 | What are the wages for SSC Napoli players in the 17-18 season?

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Here is a graphic that details the earnings of players from Italian giants Napoli. The figures reported are after tax, in million euros per year, courtesy Italian newspaper Gazetta. Napoli’s overall wage bill (81 million euros) is lower than the likes of Juve, Milan, Roma and Inter.

It’s also interesting to see the figures- Napoli have a fairly competitive wage structure. Ghoulam and Hysaj earn 0.8 and 0.7m euros respectively, but Mario Rui, signed on loan from Roma with an option to buy, gets paid 1.8m euros a year.

Who is the highest paid player at Napoli?

Lorenzo Insigne has the highest salary at Napoli, with 3.6 million euros per year. Dries Mertens and Marek Hamsik are not too far behind- they are paid 3.5 million euros yearly.

What is the salary of manager Maurizio Sarri at Napoli?

However Insigne’s wages are less than half of what the highest paid players in Italy are- Gonzalo Higuain at Juventus and Leonardo Bonucci at AC Milan both earn 7.5m euros per year.

Sarri earns 1.4 million euros per year- the sixth highest managerial wage in Serie A after Allegri, Spaletti, Montella, Di Francesco and Mihajlovic.

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Most Valuable Football Club in Europe 2017 (Manchester United)- List of Top 20 European clubs by value

Manchester United have been named as the most valuable football club in Europe, dethroning erstwhile holders Manchester United. The report, released by consulting giant K P M G, takes into account financial and non-financial information publicly available for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, and values United at more than 3 billion euros.

Six of the top ten clubs in the list are from England, with United occupying top spot, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool taking spots 5-8 and Tottenham Hotspur rounding off the top 10. Spain have two representatives in the top ten- Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Atleti coming 13th.

In the top 20, Spurs, Man City, Atleti and Juventus seem to have registered the highest growth rates from last year, as can be seen in the table below. Leicester are new entrants at No.16, displacing Ajax.

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Hyundai A-League Crowds 2016-17 | Australian soccer attendances 2016-2017 season

The Australian A-League concluded recently, with Sydney FC being crowned champions following a victory on penalties over Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final.

Sydney, coached by Graham Arnold (and the only team in the 16/17 A-League to wear Puma), were virtually untouchable during regular round robin play, losing just once in 27 games and finishing a whopping 17 points above their nearest rivals. They also scored the most goals (55) and let in the least (12) during the regular season.

Here is a look at the clubs’ attendances during the 2016/17 A-League season (including finals fixtures). The league started in October and ended in May.

Winners Sydney benefited by hosting the finals- their average attendance went up from 16,001 (round robin) to 18,099- primarily due to the 41,546 who turned up at Allianz Park for the Grand Final.

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