Giuseppe Marotta (81 Viewers)

LowLife

LowLife

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King of Kings said:
He has forgotten more about Italian Football than most people know.

You see how the landscape has totally changed this past season, with teams such as Milan and Inter focused more on youth?

This was something that He, I , and several others had predicted several years ago, when it was glaringly obvious that teams such as these, and up until the new stadium was built, Juventus, would no longer be able to throw money at their problems. For reasons that are now well known in regards to the economic situations in Serie A, teams are now being forced to do this. El Shaaraway would have never been given a proper chance had Zlatan been sold. If Inter kept buying 7-8 players per year, their younger players would not be given a chance to play more often, if not always in the starting XI, and so on. These two dirtbag clubs aren't heading towards youth because they want to, they are doing it because they HAVE to. No other choice. Too much debt incurred, not enough revenue to cover the costs, and now everyone is trumpeting the youth movements in Serie A.

Youth movements that should have started happening several years ago, if not earlier than that. These owners of these clubs should have known better, should have known all too well of the politics involved when it comes to apparently-not-so-important-topics such as having your own stadiums, and things of that nature.

The league that you are speaking of now, in regards to the way that it is played, and its supposed hinderance to young players being allowed to showcase themselves, is now rapidly starting to change. A lot more open football is being played now in Serie A, and its increasingly becoming a young man's game.


But you want to know the REAL beauty in all of this? The young players that Juve are signing, the Boakye's, Pogba's, Gabbiadini's, etc.........who all look like they can eventually have varying degrees of success? They are not needed right now. Why? Because Juve have their $#@! together. Juve don't have to sell their start players to make ends meet. They don't have to have arguably their best player frozen out of a squad due to a contract that a club had given him in the first place and now refuse to honor. They focused on balancing the books for the last several years, in anticipation of what the new stadium will bring over time, the revenues, the allowing of being able to spend money to build a very good and deep squad, a squad that doesn't have to worry about when that window of opportunity is going to close, a squad that can also concentrate on re-building their youth system.


One step ahead of the curve, man. That is what this club is in comparison to the rest of Italy. And a couple of star players away, be it home grown or purchased, from jumping back into the elite.


Back to Andy. He's a douche, but I love him.

And respect to you, Zacheryah.
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And look where it got them! 5th place best. Yeah they are gonna be like Udinese.
 
Trequartista

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We have enough depth for every position now except CB perhaps. Now that we have quantity, we need quality.

I hope Marotta can sign Llorente this month, I can't stand Matri/Quag anymore and Vucinic-Giovinco is not good enough as a pair.
 
Tommy

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Juventus have confirmed that they are considering the January capture of Shanghai Shenhua ace Didier Drogba.
The 34-year-old striker, who is also of interest to Milan, could move to Turin this month – but only if the price is right.
“You always make enquiries for players and we have done,” Juve transfer chief Beppe Marotta told La Domenica Sportiva.
“We have noted his availability, but now we will have to verify whether he would be compatible with our finances. Then we’d speak to boss Antonio Conte.”
According to today’s Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian champions are ready to offer the former Chelsea man a deal until June 2014 worth €5.5m.
Meanwhile, Marotta was also asked about Fiorentina forwards Giuseppe Rossi – signed on Friday from Villarreal – and Stevan Jovetic.
“Rossi was an emerging player before his injury,” the official, who tried to net him in 2011, added. “I hope that the boy recovers to his best.
“As for this transfer, we didn’t get involved at all. To be honest, we didn’t interfere with Fiorentina’s summer bid for Dimitar Berbatov either…”
The arrival of Rossi has fuelled talk that the Viola are preparing to sell Jovetic, a player who is liked in Turin.
“He’s a great player, one certainly of interest,” Marotta explained. “He’s a great talent with a future seeing his age and his qualities.
“We, however, have never really been in concrete negotiations with Fiorentina for him – and we don’t intend to at this moment in time.”
 
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