Rossoneri Round-Up for Sept 11: Milan with 4th Largest Wage Bill in Italy

Gazzetta dello Sport has released the Serie A wage bills and Milan have significantly cut back on wages from the 2018/19 season.

Milan's wage bill has dropped from €140m to €115m and sit as the 4th highest wage bill for the current season. Donnarumma is still the highest earner at €6m net per season followed by the captain Alessio Romagnoli at €3.5m.

The majority of the clubs’ new signings have wages between €1m and €1.5m with the exception of Ante Rebic who will earn €3m demonstrating the club's shift away from extravagant salary packages compared to the Chinese era at the club.

AC Milan and Italian Football Links

• Igli Tare reveals he chose to snub Milan for love. [Calcio Mercato]
• Cristiano Ronaldo earns three times more than any other Serie A player according to figures released by GDS. [Goal]
• The European Club Association (ECA) retains Andrea Agnelli as chairman for another four years. [Football Italia]
• AC Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis makes way for Inter’s President Steven Zhang on the Executive Board of the ECA. [Sempre Inter]
• 114 websites that were illegally streaming sports events have been shut down by Italian authorities. [Football Italia]

World Football Links

• Kosovo are currently on a 15 game unbeaten run in all competitions but face England next, read about their incredible story here.
• UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers have been the highlight of the international break, here's how the teams have fared thus far.
• An Iranian football fan has died after self-immolating outside a court last week. She was facing prison time for trying to enter a stadium. [The Guardian]
• A study has found that Manchester City is football's first billion dollar squad. [Deutsche Welle]