The problem I have with Marotta is him complaining and obviously having a problem with the inflated prices in todays football. Well, Marotta himself contributes to these prices by paying 18m for an average Zaza. How the hell will Schalke even consider 20m + bonuses for Draxler when they already know we paid 18m for our 5th choice striker (before coman left). Deals like the zaza one wasn't just a waste of our money, it was a huge mistake in terms of future negotiations as well, especially when we don't have the financial power of City, PSG, Real etc. If you look at the deals marotta has done, all these free agents are much easier to get if you give them a nice salary, which we have (pirlo, llorente, tevez, khedira). Now the difficult transfers are those where you have to negotiate with clubs. I'm not at all impressed with marotta in that regard.