Too far?
Let me explain this a little better. Tevez has stupidly insane wages, but you have Marrotta claiming we could reach an agreement with the player. I don't think that agreement would come anywhere close if he wanted to remain on those wages. His transfer fee will be between 15-17m about 6-10m less than what we will perhaps pay for Higuain - closer to an amount that we signed Vucinic for.
Jovetic costs 30m, or so Fiorentina say. But do you reply think they can afford to hold out for that price when the player himself has a keen preference to play for the club? Look at Prade and AdV 's statements off late. It's so different from last year with regard to Juve. Obviously, they are aware of the option. Given that Jojo's wages won't be a problem and fall within our parameters, are you saying we cannot get the player by trading in one of our own forwards and 15m?
Tevez and Jojo can be bought for 30m in transfer fees. I stand by that. You are free to disagree, and since as fans we will never ever have official documentation from the club, we can only work with the information we have from direct quotes, reliable journalists and pieces of info that give us an idea of the possibilities. The mercato is long and we may still only end up with Higuain, but I do consider the possibilities this time around are immense if we play things right.
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Marrotta's definition of top players tend to get more and more flexible as the mercato wears on.