Palermo By The Numbers
By: LorenzoRosanero | September 2nd, 2011
There’s much dismay and consternation in the Rosanero camp these days. With Pioli sacked, the club now has the most “greenest” of coaches around in Devis Mangia and a host of new faces at the club. The season is around the corner and the question marks abound.
Zamparini took to the podium to defend his actions and present proof that he did, indeed, open up his pocketbook over the summer. He presented a list of all sales and acquisitions pertaining to THIS summer’s transfer market.
Here it is:
There are several things to take into account here. First, the sale of Pastore was for €43 million; however, due to the clause in the player’s contract, Palermo only earned €22.8 million as a result.
Second, several of the players in the “Sold” column are out on loan deals. These include Cesare Bovo, Mattia Cassani and Pablo Gonzalez among others.
• Pablo Gonzalez was loaned out to Siena; if Siena is not relegated this year, then the club is obligated to purchase half of Pablo’s contract.
• Cesare Bovo was loaned to Genoa; the club must buy him after the loan for around €4.5 million
• Mattia Cassani went on loan to Fiorentina; however, the club must buy him at season’s end for €5 million
Third, many would remember that Mauro Cetto was bought at “parametro zero” or on a free transfer because his contract expired with Toulouse. While that’s true, the figure next to Cetto’s name shows a fee of €450k. Why? Well, Palermo had to purchase the rights from his agency, USM Group, thus explaining the price.
Finally, there are no figures for Edinson Cavani in this list because the sale does not come into play for the summer transfer list. Cavani’s loan and subsequent purchase was for €5 million initially, followed by €12 million spread out over the next four years (€3 million each year). The numbers provided in the graphic above simply list all the deals that took place this summer (the money for Gonzalez was put forth this summer, despite agreeing to terms back in January).
It’s always disheartening to see certain figures and expect more (i.e. Nocerino for €500k), but this is how Palermo has operated and continues to do so. It’d probably be worth revisiting the excellent look at the finances by The Swiss Ramble on Palermo to show just how well the club is run from a numbers perspective.
As fans, though, we expect more and often times the desires of the fans contradict the plans of the team. Is it better to spend a lot of money spread across many young, unknown players (Abel Hernandez, Ilicic, Cavani, etc.)? Or would it be better to buy “proven players” for higher sums? There are always risks involved no matter what. This is not a defence nor a criticism of the methods involved. Rather, it’s an unbiased look of the club’s latest transfer window from a strictly monetary perspective.
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lol lorenzo I wasnt claming you deleted them broski, Just wondered where they went. Hence the lil zamparini joke.
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———Benussi————
Pisano-Cetto-Silvestre-Balzac
———-migs————–
—–bertolo-bacinovic——
———ilicic————-
—–pinilla-miccoli——–Yeah I dont rate Mantovani or Zahavi and I’d trust Benussi who atleast looks like an average serie a keeper over a 3rd rate Greek who has already shipped a large amount of goals in a few games this season.
I think the squad above could get us a comfy 13th/14th place finish.
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” Interesting challenge for the first match esp. facing
InterPalermo at home – so many new players – new manager – all the transfer turmoil – Christ !!!”The statement works just as well for Inter as it does for Palermo. This could easily go either way and I am nervous as hell.
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lol Jo you are nuts, Head and shoulders above our new team. Even with your new players not settled in..
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While im not optomistic at all THE SEASON STARTS THIS WEEKEND WOOOOOOOO>>HOOOOOOO.. I’m so eager its been way to long.
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gigi the new man said hes going for a 4-4-2? I dont know if this means a diamond or flat, but i dont think we’ll be seeing that team dude! I would like to see Bertolo play though.
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Ah I was just choosing with my own formation and players. I know he isnt going to start Benussi and I can forsee Mantovani at CB and the Paraguayan in midfield also.
Pinillas injuries make it most likely a Miccoli/Abel frontline.
I guess Ilicic will be benched with Bertolo and Alvarez taking the wings.. Migliaccio and Barreto in the center. Migs dropping deeper..
I’d assume something like this..
Tzrovas
Pisano-Mantovani-Silvestre-Balzac
Bertolo-Migs-Barreto-Alvarez
Abel-MiccoliIf its like that we have 2 attacking mids on the Bench in Ilicic/Zahavi.. Bacinovic benched.. No backup striker if Pinilla is still injured? Yikes.. Guess we have to wait until the weekend to be sure.
Me no likey.
Another alternative could be Diamond mid with Migs playing DMC and Ilicic as AMC keeping the same guys on the wings.
Then you can switch around Bacinovic/Migs alot or Zahavi with Ilicic but it makes 5 million on the Paraguayan a waste of money so I dont see it happening.
Where the fuck is Vasquez gonna fit in January? Isnt he a pastore like mid?
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I have never seen Pisano play but I would think it’s a major downgrade from Cassani. Look how weak we are upfront if we get an injury. 442? ahemm aye carumba
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That formation looks good and Ilicic coming off the bench in second half is not a bad thing. I see one website is confirming it will be Miccoli and Hernandez up front.
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God I forsee an overweight Croatian with one healthy muscle dining on ribs coming on at halftime being put through on goal 1 on 1 and the ball ending up hitting some endangered bird in the swiss alps.
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at least budan doesn’t lose the ball everytime he tries to turn with it (COUGH COUGH ABEL)
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I dont dissagree with you man, Thats why I’m a pinilla/miccoli fan. Abel misses alot of easy chances but atleast he has pace.
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Not sure of Inter’s injury situation but if they start Zarate they’ll try and spring him down their left side every chance they get – it’ll be a long evening for Pisano (late start in Palermo isn’t it ?) We’ll see how our right back handles it. Even if Zarate does not play they’ll still got Milito, Forlan and Pazzini. I see Balza played a strong full 90 minutes in the Azzuri’s 1-0 win yesterday.
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Balza was a machine yesterday..
Glad we didnt lose him….yet
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Very interesting, thank you for sharing!
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Without knowing too much about how our new players really fit in, here are some thoughts on formation. I particularly like the idea of some sort of 4-5-1, provided that the middle can be essentially a deep lying striker (almost a 4-2-2-1-1). Not sure how to line up the three, Ilicic seems like the better passer, so I put him in the middle, although Abel would obviously be the more natural striker. I like that it gives us two defensive minded midfielders, where Acquah could easily slot in as a sub or injury cover (also possibly Simon, who wikipedia tells me is a DMF). I might be tempted to put Della Rocca or someone in for Hernandez, but I a) don’t know squat about how the new guys play and b) like to think that having Hernandez on gives the ability for this formation to morph into the flat 4-4-2 below.
As for the diamond, I don’t know how any of these players would play in the wings, so its really hard for me to say. I do think that width is always a good dimension for a team to have, and I think it needs to be from more than just our fullbacks, as good as Balzaretti has been. Also, for a team with a totally revamped backline, losing one of the defensive mids might be a risk. Especially since it doesn’t appear overly more attacking in exchange
Lastly, the flat midfield, again gets two defensive, hard fighting and tackling players in the middle to really (hopefully) boss the midfield and cover the defense, keeps the two striker front which I have always preferred.
The most pressing question seems to be in the midfield, how will Ilicic, Zahavi, Della Rocca, Alvarez perform generally, and specifically, how will they do if placed out in the wings. We seem to have a mess of MF, and I don’t know where half of them belong.
—————-Tzorvas—————-
Pisano-Montovani-Silvestre-Balzaretti
——-Migliaccio–Bacinovic———–
Hernandez———Ilicic———Zahavi
————Miccoli——————–*Same keeper and defense*
————–Migliaccio—————-
Della Rocca———————–Zahavi
——————Ilicic—————-
——–Miccoli——–Hernandez——–*Same keeper and defense*
Ilicic–Migliaccio–Bacinovic—Zahavi
——————-Hernandez———-
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that paraguayan is gonna be on the field for sure, id rather see ilicic as a second striker and maybe della rocca on the wing for additional help against inter….dont need ilicic not tracking
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For the first game I would go with:
Greek
Pisano-Montovani-Silvestre-Balzac
Miggy-Bacin-Barreto
illicic
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Poor Budan… tainted with that heart wrenching miss forever. He did score some important goals for us mind you. That last second equaliser against Bari and of course the one against Juve where he made extra extra sure to walk the ball into the open goal – and then promptly stuffed the ball under his shirt.
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if you play 4-4-2 diamond you cant play wingers, it may work on fifa but you will lose the game in the middle of the pitch, you need one anchorman who would best being bacinovic with his positional sense, then 2 “runners” which would ideally be nocerino and migs, whether the paraguyan or della rocca can do this role I dont know then on top Ilicic as the trequartista, but in all honesty from pre season form im not too sure Ilicic is an immediate starter, nor Zahavi in fact. As regards to the defence, yes cassani was good, but we got him from serie b at verona, why cant this pisano be just as good if not better? the CBs are improved massively, but yes the greek or benussi are no sirigu. With silvestre though I think we have a massive massive player with fantastic organisational skills.
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Well Rob it might shock you to learn he is the second highest earner at the club along with Rubihno and Balzac .. 2 of those definitely not deserving of being anywhere near that position. Infact when I was looking at the wages today I was once again shocked at wtf is going on. Munoz is on 700k a year yet for zampa Sirigu was good for 500? Meh. To see this new Della Rocca guy is paid more then Migliaccio, Ilicic & what poor wages Pinilla is on.. No surprise these guys look for new clubs.
Full break down released by Gazetta if anyone is interested.
Miccoli 1.2
Balzaretti 0.9
Budan 0.9
Rubihno 0.8
Munoz 0.7
Silvestre 0.7
Barreto 0.6
Della Rocca 0.6
Tzorvas 0.6
Migliaccio 0.6
Cetto 0.5
Abel 0.5
Bacinovic 0.5
Ilicic 0.5
Pinilla 0.5
Alvarez 0.4
Mantovani 0.4
Bertolo 0.35 (Shocker)
Aguirregay 0.3
Pisano 0.3
Lores 0.3
Zahavi 0.3
Aquah 0.25
Benussi 0.2
Brichetto 0.2
Di Matteo 0.2
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hmm, miggs, bacinovic, ilicic, pinillia and abel should be on more, im a great believer that you should be rewarded for your performances and more importantly loyalty.
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Ilicic’s wages are a joke
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migs as well
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God I wish this season would start – the anticipation is getting to me. News from the Inter camp: Chivu has a badly sprained ankle and is now doubtfull for Sunday. With Maicon already out Gasperini is thinking of playing 3-4-3 with Zarate-Pazzini-Forlan up front and Milito on the bench.
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