but he hasn't
nobody _failed based on 1 complete summer mercato, and every sports director juve ever had made incredible mistakes too. moggi made juventus the best team in europe, and at the same time bought oliseh, fucking blanchard (one of the worst juve purchases ever, if someone thinks that kostic or kean were the worst ever, then i have news, they aren't even in the worst 11 of the last 30 years) or dimas, sold thierry henry or vieri and we didn't even dig too deep. or marotta while building a sustainable and domestically dominating squad, signed marco motta or malaka martinez during his first mercato (fucking hell), and later added romulo, isla, anelka and did countless accounts of human trafficking with players who were never intended to play for juve. remember lanini or mame thiam? neither their mothers do
i also criticized many elements of our mercato, there's plenty to moan about. but any verdict is a bit premature. it looks to me that he's got an impossible task of both making our accounts sustainable and improving the overall quality of the squad while satisfying the new coach. yes, timing looks off. yes, he fucked up with calafiori and he waited too much with the todibo deal (although i don't think that's a huge loss tbh). yes, he probably cut ties with a few people. yes, firing mckennie then signing an extension with him looks weird. yes, the chiesa case should have never happened, djaló's case itself is a circus, i don't think that cabal is a good player, and so on. yes, selling soulé probably wasn't such a necessary sacrifice. but at the end of the day the accounts will look better and the squad itself is taking shape to support motta's ideas, and that's what matters the most. i won't give a fuck about chiesa or todibo in 2 months if jj will be near the top of the table and we get to enjoy the games. not you, you'll miss them lol