In the space of a few years, Como has completely changed in size. Having gone from Serie D to the Champions League in just seven years, the Lombard club has established itself as one of the most ambitious projects in Italian football. A spectacular rise also accompanied by considerable investments from the Hartono family, owners of the club. According to La Gazzetta dello SportComo has spent no less than 342 million euros on the transfer market since its return to Serie A during the 2024-2025 season. Over this period, only Juventus, AC Milan and Naples have invested more in Italy.
For its first season in the elite, Como had already struck hard with 110 million euros spent to strengthen Cesc Fàbregas’ squad. Maxence Caqueret (€15 million), Tasos Douvikas (€14 million) and Assane Diao (€12 million) had notably joined the club, while the managers had carried out some very good operations with Nico Paz (€6 million), Marc-Oliver Kempf (€2.5 million) and Jean Butez (€2.1 million). The following season, an additional 105 million euros were injected into the market, especially with the arrivals of Jesús Rodríguez (€22.5 million), Nicolas Kühn (€19 million) and Martin Baturina (€18 million). Investments rewarded with a fourth place in Serie A and a historic qualification for the C1.
The president of Como mocks financial fair play
And Como clearly hasn’t decided to slow down. This summer, the Lombard club has already spent 127 million euros, more than in each of its two previous recruitment campaigns. Management notably made the largest investment in its history to retain Nico Paz, with an operation reaching 60 million euros. Trevoh Chalobah was also recruited from Chelsea for 30 million euros, while the arrival of Yan Couto (loan payment with option to buy) cost 3 million euros. To these sums are added investments in infrastructure, with 5 million euros for the training center and 64 million planned to modernize the Giuseppe-Sinigaglia stadium in order to meet UEFA requirements.
An extremely aggressive policy which inevitably raises the question of financial fair play, while Como will now evolve on the European scene. But President Mirwan Suwarso does not seem particularly worried by the prospect of UEFA intervention: “I don’t need UEFA to talk to me about that. If we must be sanctioned, sanction us. This is one of the obstacles to overcome. It’s a normal consequence of our profession”he explained in the podcast Business of Sports. A particularly strong statement which illustrates the excessive ambitions of a club which clearly does not intend to stop there and become a solid competitor to the historic clubs of Italy.
