Roma forced to raise €90mln in capital to comply with FFP | OneFootball

Ranieri was clear: “We’ll have to stick to the books. We’ll see how the league goes and what path we take in the Europa League.” But what does all this mean for Roma? Another season of sacrifices: €90 million needs to be raised in capital gain.

The goal now is to keep the deficit within a total of €60 million between the 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 seasons, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

How can Roma reach this goal? Let’s start with 2023-24: the -81, calculated according to UEFA criteria (excluding taxes and virtuous expenses), turns into approximately -60. In 2024-25, the Giallorossi reduced costs by over €30 million and generated approximately €10 million more in capital gains than the previous year.

Thus, the operating loss should have dropped to around €30 million, which for UEFA purposes corresponds to -10/-15.

At this point, Roma has already used up the maximum accepted deviation of €60 million for the three-year period, and in 2025-26 they will be forced to break even.

Therefore, a €30 million improvement in the financial statements compared to last season is needed. However, several items must be considered: the €40 million in capital gains accrued in 2024-25 (with the summer transfer window rather stagnant, given that the main sales were recorded in June), the €10 million in additional expenses resulting from the last transfer campaign, and the €12 million in revenue lost due to the expiration of the contract with main sponsor Riyadh Season.

All things considered, the club needs to recover €90 million.

The priority will be to obtain resources from sales: the main suspects remain Koné and Ndicka. Added to this will be the new shirt sponsor, further cost cuts, and sporting results.

If Gasperini’s Roma manages to improve on last season’s results (fifth in Serie A, round of 16 in the Europa League, and fourth in the Coppa Italia), they will have a nest egg capable of reducing the burden of player trading. The final figures, however, will only be finalized in June.