Juve confronts UEFA list cap while FPF limits strain squad to 30
Juve’s transfer engine is humming, having secured Jhon Lucumi from Bologna and poised to complete the loan‑with‑option signing of goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario from Tottenham, yet the club must navigate UEFA’s Settlement Agreement restrictions imposed by the FPF, which cap List A registrations and tighten financial thresholds.
After the official acquisition of Jhon Lucumi from Bologna, Juve are set to complete the loan‑with‑option deal for goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario from Tottenham. The move would represent the club’s sixth purchase of the summer, not counting the buy‑back clauses on Boga and Openda. With Vicario’s arrival the squad will swell to 30 players.
Squad size strains finances
A roster of 30 names is excessive both sportingly and economically. Juventus must keep costs in check because the Settlement Agreement with UEFA, overseen by the FPF, limits revenue after the club will miss Champions League prize money, receiving only a modest share of Europa League earnings.
Il club cannot register any new player on its UEFA List A for club competitions unless the List A Transfer Balance is positive. The balance is defined as the difference between cost savings from outgoing players and new costs from incoming players, calculated at each submission deadline.
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UEFA List A rules explained
La Lista A may contain at most 25 players, of which at least eight must be locally trained. Within those eight, no more than four can be association‑trained – meaning they spent at least three seasons or 36 months between ages 15 and 21 at a club of the same national federation – while the remainder must be club‑trained. If the minimum locally trained quota is not met, the total number of List A spots is reduced accordingly, with the remaining places open to any eligible player.
Financial impact of squad changes
Calcio e Finanza calculated that the 23 players on Juventus’s last List A, submitted in February for the Champions League playoffs, carried a cost of €205.1 million. Departures of Holm, Kostic, Adzic, Vlahovic and Openda generated savings of more than €63 million, largely due to Vlahovic’s €41 million weight. The remaining players therefore account for about €142 million, excluding Yildiz who can still sit in List B. New signings and loan returns add €92 million, pushing the total beyond €234 million – a figure that will rise further with Vicario – more than €30 million above the previous season’s threshold. The savings do not consider the buy‑back clauses on Boga and Openda.
If Juventus limits the List A to the incoming signings only – excluding returns such as Arthur, Douglas Luiz or Nico Gonzalez and the pending Vicario – the club would field 23 players and require an additional €46.7 million in costs. Adding this to the €142 million already present yields a total of €188.8 million, comfortably below the €205.1 million ceiling set by UEFA.
Vicario’s registration will nevertheless demand the departure of a goalkeeper. Should manager Luciano Spalletti wish to give more minutes to players like Arthur or Douglas Luiz, another squad member must be omitted, either a new acquisition or a player already on the 2025/26 list, putting that individual at risk of being cut.