No. That's just BS! If you want a player to join you, you try your fucking hardest. I get the impression Marotta just always goes for the simplest option, as opposed to trying hard enough.
This attitude you are proposing is the attitude of a defeatist and someone who lacks ambition. Hey, we can't get option 1,2, or 3, let's go for option Z. Last year it was excusable as we had finished 7'th, had no CL, and no one was willing to take a risk and join us.
Apparently Jovetic really wants us, and we have agreed terms with the player if reports are to be believed. The fact that his club president doesn't want him to move is not entirely irrelevant, but it's the players who hold the power these days. If Marotta pushed hard enough, we'd be getting Jovetic, but as always, when it comes to the meaningful deals he has shown to be lacking. Penny pinching because of 2-3 or even 5 million Euros to get someone like JoJo is ridiculous. Instead let's just keep wasting money padding our midfield with the Giacherrinis and Padoins ofthis world