95m euros was raised through naming and sale of commercial space (Sportfive, Nordiconad). We took out 2 loans for a total of 60m, both from the same bank, payable over 12 years.
5m a season is not a burden. It's our wage bill, coupled with no CL and less money from sponsors and broadcasters that is hurting us this season.
two informative and enjoyable to read posts...sad facts you are laying out, but accurately. i have been following the club since the early 90s and its so hard to completely change mindset, as in what we are used to and what we have now.
the pressure is huge now, for everyone at the club and all its fans. gaining even fourth spot will require a collective upturn in spirit...which I reckon Del Neri and Del Piero, and also Buffon, have the means to deliver. Nedved is knocking around also, and surely he has some talent for stirring the troops into berserker mode...the potential is there for us to get back on track. Despite our obvious problems, in terms of personel, our current problems are mental, emotional...spiritual. against palermo there were signs of life. and if we had been truly awful, we would have got done much worse than 2-1, in a game in which a freak ref error changed things massively. so...signs of life.