Got Pirlo, Pogba, Llorente and Barzagli for free and Vidal for peanuts, still gets crucified for Martinez.
It was over three years ago, FFS.
Every Director General makes mistakes.
How much did Napoli spend on Eduardo Vargas? And they spent 18 million on him back in 2011.
I could go on and on about all the mistakes other teams have made as well on the transfer market from all over Europe. It's as if no other DG has ever made a mistake before with a signing. Just Marotta.
Please, someone, find me a perfect DG who never made a bad purchase before, and let's hire him.
And do people forget that Marotta made a ton of signings that year due to the previous regime's 7th place finish the year before? Not every sigining is going to work out.
And somebody had mentioned that who knows what would ahve happened if Agnelli didn't hire Conte. Do you really think that if Agnelli and the Board thought that Marotta was part of the problem in 2010-2011, that he wouldn't have been shown the door that year also? He wouldn't have been the first Director General to be fired after only one season.