My opinion is that Marotta is largely responsible for the mess we are in.
Higuain: We had our hands on 75m euros from the Pogba sale and instead of reinvesting it in players that have a resale value, we committed to spend 150m (90m + 15mx4) on a 28 year old. Any moron could have told you that this was going to end badly for Juve. At best he was going to have 2 solid seasons and then would start to decline. We pissed away the money and now can't make any moves in the market cos of his salary and the payments to Napoli. We had to give Milan a discount on Caldara and Bonucci (don't forget his stock was very high at that time) and take a mediocre De Sciglio from them just to convince them to pay Higuain's salary for 6 months.
Vidal: We should have never sold him. I don't care if he crashed his car. Fine him, send him to AA, have him do some community service and move on. He was vital to our squad.
Khedira: In fall of 2018, he was 31 years old on a 12m (6m net) salary. Do you think Khedira had any leverage whatsoever? Do you think another club would have offered him another deal anywhere close to what he was earning? What did Marotta do? He extended him for 3+1 years knowing he had a very bad history with injuries at the same exact salary. Now we are stuck with his salary and can't make any moves because of him.
Replacing MVPP: To this day we are still struggling to find a player like Vidal or Pogba. The list of cheap and mediocre players we signed to replace the once great midfield we had include:
- Khedira
- Hernanes
- Rincon
- Lemina
- Matuidi
- Emre Can
Marotta was extremely lucky that we had such an intelligent manager in Allegri who could turn any player you gave him into what resembled a functional team. Allegri had his own issues after the Cardiff final and was never the same. He took less risks and his football was becoming stale. It was time for a change.