Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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I hope people will realise - now that we have seen what is required for Juve to get the 'top player' - why it wasn't really practical in previous transfer windows and why many of us refused to criticise Marotta for not getting the 'top player'.

Juve need many things to fall into place for them (as things did for Milan with Balotelli, for instance) to be able to land a player of Tevez's stature and the moment that a genuinely good opportunity presented itself they made the move and made the signing.
 

Lion

King of Tuz
Jan 24, 2007
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well the other thing is now there are quite a few high profile players for juve.

tevez, vidal, pirlo, buffon, chiellini are all world famous. add that juve doing well in last season cl and juventus back to being a high profile club.
 

Red

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That's true, but I still doubt Juve - even in their current position - could have got the players like Aguero and Van Persie that they supposedly made attempts to sign.
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
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Me too. The way I see it as soon as some of the clubs with more money ex. City, RM enters the race for their signature it's pretty much over for Juventus. We are still not in position to dictate terms on the market.
Tevez is a good example. There weren't many suitors apart from Milan and we managed to beat them, a club who's income is similar to ours with somewhat different structure, to his signature.
 

Klin

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May 27, 2009
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Me too. The way I see it as soon as some of the clubs with more money ex. City, RM enters the race for their signature it's pretty much over for Juventus. We are still not in position to dictate terms on the market.
That's only for financial reasons. It's the same case with Dortmund for example.
 

Jem83

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Nov 7, 2005
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I hope people will realise - now that we have seen what is required for Juve to get the 'top player' - why it wasn't really practical in previous transfer windows and why many of us refused to criticise Marotta for not getting the 'top player'.

Juve need many things to fall into place for them (as things did for Milan with Balotelli, for instance) to be able to land a player of Tevez's stature and the moment that a genuinely good opportunity presented itself they made the move and made the signing.
Yep, this is true. I'm just so happy that whenever there's a great market opportunity, Marotta is there to pounce. Whether it's a young supertalent like Pogba for free, a world class freebie such as Pirlo, a diamond in the rough such as Vidal, an ultra-cheap Barzagli or a world class player on the last year of his contract like Tevez; The Great Man is always there, lurking around, ready to make the deal.

He has now shown that he's capable of making all kinds of deals, with the exception of those that are financially impossible to accomplish. RvP, Aguero and Higuain are all examples of players who wouldn't turn us down and who he came really close to signing, but who were simply out of our financial reach.
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
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That's only for financial reasons. It's the same case with Dortmund for example.
But that's the point. We failed to bring mentioned players because Juventus as a club is on another level financially. Not because of Marotta's incompetence as people here suggested.
 

Klin

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May 27, 2009
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But that's the point. We failed to bring mentioned players because Juventus as a club is on another level financially. Not because of Marotta's incompetence as people here suggested.
Today is not the time to discuss his incompetence, bro. Let's embrace this day.

tbh players choosing manu or madrid is also beyond financial reasons.

both those clubs have prestige and are title challnegers
100%
 

1251alex

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Dec 13, 2011
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Why is everyone having this realization now? :lol: Marotta himself said a few years ago that Italian teams were in no position to spend huge amounts of money so therefore Juventus would go for market opportunities and youth.
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
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Why is everyone having this realization now? :lol: Marotta himself said a few years ago that Italian teams were in no position to spend huge amounts of money so therefore Juventus would go for market opportunities and youth.
Because people who bear the mark of a genius are rarely accepted instantly.
 

Enron

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Tevez for a dollar? Anyone could do that. Let's see Beppe pull of a real transfer!

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Tevez for a dollar? Anyone could do that. Let's see Beppe pull of a real transfer!
 

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