If it continues Atalanta would catch up. Maybe in 10 years but they would catch up. Because gap between the two has decreased drastically when it comes to wag bill, those are huge changes to see 120mln vs 11 turn into 80 vs 40.
With Super League they'd catch shit because Super League is apparently allowed only for certain clubs and those, who are there undeservedly, can't even get out of it.
So we've established that for a team in midtable Serie A it takes 10-15 years of constant over-performing to meet a failing big club somewhere around TOP5-TOP8 in Serie A.
What will it take for them to catch up with Serie A TOP3, another 10 years of constant over-performing?
And even Serie A TOP3 is Europes TOP15-TOP20, by then it maybe is Europes TOP30 even, what will it take to catch up to the big boys of Europe, 30 years of constantly over-performing? 50 years?
Face it, the current model may seem like it provides chances to smaller clubs to develop into big ones, but in reality it does not, the revenue gap is getting larger and larger. You can build a successful cycle from limited funds like Atalanta, Leicester etc, but in the long run there's a very clear glass ceiling for all level clubs in Europes domestic leagues. ESL just points to that ceiling very strongly, but it's already there, while for us it's an opportunity for a more equal footing compared to the rest of Europes TOP10.