I don't think that you have a point here.
They bought Iturbe 32 mil which is around what we pay for all the players that we get this window.Other than Iturbe they both Astori for about 14 mil,Manolas 12 mil,not to mention Destro,Florenzi,Ljajic,Strotman before,also Keita,Cole etc.
So it is not an excuse but they spent 10 times bigger than us.And about wages,De Rossi is a biggest earner in Italy.
We just can not try to get cheap players and aim to win scudetto.In Italy not to mention CL we are ages far from any decent sucess there.
And you can't dare to rest Claudio in a tricky game like this and Asa also.