Secco surely, certainly, does NOT choose who we sign. The manager does. And its Secco's job to get the man. So if Ranieri told him, Alonso is too slow, I want Poulsen, go get him...and Ciro told him, D'agostino is my main target but if Udinese want to be obtuse, I would be happy with Melo, and Secco goes out and gets these players. Who is to blame? Secco? Or the managers in question?
He is the engineer of sales and purchases, NOT the instigator.
He is the engineer of sales and purchases, NOT the instigator.
As a director of sport he must offer options when a coach express the player they want. He must identifies which area is a must and other that can be compromise, or which the priority. He must offer technical data about all the player with the characteristics we need, like when we need some full back with pace for attack and defense and can make good cross, he need to have scouting data about a player we need.. After all of that it again depend on his ability to negotiate with the other club that have the player we need.. If we can't get him and that can be compromise we can look for another solution that have some characteristic. Like when we need D'Agostino as regista, and we failed and it can be compromise, we can look for another regista (not a destroyer DM)
For all this i see Secco failed. He can't give the right solution. Yes, Melo is a great player (one hell of DM) but again we don't need him technical wise because we have Momo and Pou as destroyer.. He opted to buy him when he fail to buy D'ago and he choose another type of MC.. You can see although Melo is a better player than CZ, we played better with CZ because CZ and Momo complement each other destroyer and passer. He repeat the same mistake in the past for me, he chose Tiago when Ranieri formation is 4-4-2 and Tiago suit 3-man midfield, he bought Almiron when that time we don't have midfield destroyer, he bought Amauri when we already have Trez that are 2nd top scorer and DP the top scorer in Serie A and we already have IQ as sub striker, we bought Andrade when he just has long time injury history.. Secco definitely not do his job identifies a player suit for us..
And or his achievement to bring WC player for us this season. I don't think it's an achievement. We spend a lot for 2 players we bought. Paid 25 mill Euros that is a buy-out clause for Melo is not an achievement, every sporting director can do that, it didn't need negotiation skill.. And 24.5 mill Euros for Diego is good but i think that is a fair price not a bargain price.. Then he can't even persuade our players like Pou, Tiago to change clubs and get a good price for them. And can't sell a player like Moli, DC to Napoli, and negotiate with Udinese not include Gio and Marchi as a part of a transfer.
So i do agree with only-juve here that Secco is not competence for our club now
