How come he couldn't do it in his first season here, if you want to credit the undefeated team to Marrotta? Conte was the difference maker, but thats another discussion altogether. Of course it means nothing as far as he's concerned this year. Our objectives for the season require high quality purchases in our biggest need gaps. And when you're seemingly going out looking for the cheapest, bargain and losing out every objective as a result, then you have got a problem with your strategy.
Not that I think it'll happen, but if he fails to deliver at least a Llorente/Dzeko level player, I would say the mercato would be undone despite the good work earlier in the summer.
Honestly, what would you believe Marrotta's biggest challenge at the start of the mercato was? I believe it was to deliver a CF. A quality CF. No matter what else, that was our BIGGEST need. Do you agree? A failure to deliver on that need, would suggest that he was not up to his primary task no matter what else he did. We are in as good a situation as we could find ourselves in the last 6 years, and if he couldn't deliver a decent CF in such a situation, then he doesn't belong at a big club.
That was a very solid platform to launch for your final mercato targets. But if the market were to end like this, then I don't see how this can be called an amazing mercato.