Milan - Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season leads the pack of Serie A moneyed stars leapfrogging Brazilian Kaka of AC Milan.
Statistics published Saturday on La Gazzetta dello Sport say that the Swedish international of the Italian champions saw his net pay rise from 6 million euros (9 million dollars) per season to 11 million euros, while Kaka remained on 9.
The two Milanese powerhouses are even on 120 million euros spent this season for players and staff, a figure that includes about 50 per cent for taxes.
Clubs' expenses to run their business have gone up by 100 million euros this year, for a total of 768 million euros. The amount keeps up a steady rise from the 508-million low of the 2005-2006 season, when Italian football was rocked by a major corruption scandal.
Juventus, who paid for their involvement in the scandal with a relegation to the Serie B, are back with the big boys, spending 115 million euros, while Roma trail far behind with 65 million.
The expenses of the remaining 16 clubs are dramatically lower. Fiorentina, who closed the past season in fourth position behind Inter, Roma and Juventus, spend 37 millions, twice as much as Siena, and three times more than Atalanta and Reggina, the least spending clubs with 12.5 and 11.4 million, respectively. (dpa)
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