Atalanta and Juventus have turned youth sales into a serious source of income in Italy. The top ten clubs in the country earned 1,498.7 million from sales of academy players between 2016-17 and 2026-27, and those two clubs alone accounted for 680.5 million of it, almost 46% of the total.
Atalanta and Juventus set the pace
Atalanta lead the way on 346.5 million, with Juventus close behind on 334 million. That is a narrow gap, but it also shows how far ahead they are of the rest of Serie A when it comes to monetising homegrown talent.
Atalanta's record academy sale in the piece is Marco Palestra at 60 million. Juventus' model looks different, but the outcome is similar: they have built a market in which academy graduates are treated as major assets rather than fringe sales.
The gap behind the leaders
Inter are next on 234.9 million, a decent total, though still well short of the two leaders. Fiorentina are listed on 244.3 million, with the article pointing to Dušan Vlahović at 86 million, Chiesa at 60 million and Bernardeschi at 44 million for a combined 190 million.
That arithmetic does not line up cleanly with the 244.3 million total, so the safer read is to keep the club total separate from the trio cited by the piece. What does come through clearly is the concentration: three players account for most of Fiorentina's academy-sale value.
At the other end, Como have generated zero academy-sale revenue in the period covered. The split is about as wide as it gets, and it leaves Atalanta and Juventus as the benchmark clubs for this part of the Italian market.
Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 1 outlet. How we work →
