Napoli's transfer dealings add €128m in value, CIES finds

The 557th bulletin from the CIES Football Observatory puts Napoli's overall transfer revaluation at €128m on non-academy players bought in the last five years: €81m already banked from completed sales, plus €47m in estimated revaluation on players still under contract, from a transfer volume of €878m.

CIES itself notes the indicator weighs none of trophies, points or squad quality. It is not the kind of number that changes the picture for a team ninth in the table and fresh off a 3-1 defeat at Villarreal — smart business boosts the balance sheet, but on the pitch it is a different matter, and that is what supporters want to see.