Giuseppe Marotta (120 Viewers)

[JuveJay]

You've just highlighted Buck's first point. You say 'penny pinching' as if we are refusing to budge on small amounts, because the media say so.

Van Persie would have probably joined us, if no one else was in for him. Same with Agüero.

But therein lies the problem, another team comes in with more money and a better league to play in and we lose them.

Personally I think we had deals agreed with both of those players, but they and their agents aren't stupid, they dragged it on waiting for better offers and they came. Then we end up scrapping around trying to find a replacement.

Sure, we could go all in and break the bank and wage structure and offer players €150,000 p/w plus (like they currently earn), and we'll have short term success. But then we'll be selling Vidal and Pogba a couple of years down the line to stay afloat.

 

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[Bianconero_Aus]

And Llorente, coveted by clubs such as Real Madrid and Arsenal, could be added to that list and the sum would still be under 500k (300k to be exact).

Whether Llorente will be a hit or miss in Serie-A cannot be answered right now, but it's still a grand coup.

Exactly.

As Buck said, people were blasting Marotta for not paying the buy-out clause (36M I believe it was) and not making more of an "effort" to sign Llorente last August. He gets him this January for free, and now we already have people doubting how good he is, saying he isn't that great/we need more etc. People are just never happy no matter what he does.

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You've just highlighted Buck's first point. You say 'penny pinching' as if we are refusing to budge on small amounts, because the media say so.

Van Persie would have probably joined us, if no one else was in for him. Same with Agüero.

But therein lies the problem, another team comes in with more money and a better league to play in and we lose them.

Personally I think we had deals agreed with both of those players, but they and their agents aren't stupid, they dragged it on waiting for better offers and they came. Then we end up scrapping around trying to find a replacement.

Sure, we could go all in and break the bank and wage structure and offer players €150,000 p/w plus (like they currently earn), and we'll have short term success. But then we'll be selling Vidal and Pogba a couple of years down the line to stay afloat.

precisely what happened to Milan when they signed Lo Zingaro. Look at who they have sold over the past few years, just to keep afloat.

 

[Jem83]

I would be very interested to learn who Marotta-opposers believe would do a better job, and why.

 

[Turk_Bianconero]

Not only we should not renew his contract but also he should be made an example for the people who are candidate for this position. They should understand nobody can steal from the club.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

I would be very interested to learn who Marotta-opposers believe would do a better job, and why.

They will say "it's not our position and our job to look for a suitable replacement" etc. But I don't think there is a better, viable option in Italy at the moment.

 

[JuveJay]

I would be very interested to learn who Marotta-opposers believe would do a better job, and why.

The oddest thing of all is why they think our transfer constraints will change. Maybe it's because Secco was his predecessor, and he threw money around like it was going out of fashion. But that's exactly why we have this current model.

Who knows, maybe a time will come in the next few years where we try throwing it around again.

 

[Mr Chocolate]

I want him to stay, his record is good.

pirlo, llorente, pirlo for free you cant complain about that, nocerino is leaving on a free soon to

but I hope his relationship with Conte is good and not what the media says though, that would be good. Forza Marotta

 

[king Ale]

But what's so bad about informing ourselves? That's the only way you can decide whether or not you want try signing someone.

We shouldn't need to start negotiating with the club/player and announce our interest publicly only then to be told that there's a big difference between what we (can) offer and what they demand. A player such as Aguero is available, the fact that there are so many fools that think we have a shot at signing him is partly due to our board setting the bar way too unreasonably high.

Basically every signing we have made the last few seasons has been on our terms. Even Llorente, it seems. And if you remember, "everyone" was pissed at Marotta because he couldn't get him earlier. We'll lose him if we don't pay, just pay now, etc.
Well, we got him. And those same people who were pissed of about him not coming sooner, now aren't even interested in Llorente anymore. Because he's no longer the flavour of the month.

Llorente's signing seem to be a good piece of business I agree, but we might well need to wait for another few months for him to regain his form and momentum. That's a legitimate concern if you ask me and that could kind of justify this lacking of interest in him among the fans. Still, I believe our fans are generally happy and optimistic about his purchase.

As for the whole media circus: those who care about it will get riled up, that is true. Personally, I couldn't care less (what is he going to say anyway? Van Persie is a player that doesn't interest us or Aguero is not the level of player we want to add to the team?).

No, I said it earlier. Be openly honest with fans: we sure need to add to our team players of that caliber but at the moment, we are not good enough financially to make a move. Many fans would be disappointed right off, Nick being an example, but the sooner they come to terms with the truth, the better.

 

[donpiero]

You've just highlighted Buck's first point. You say 'penny pinching' as if we are refusing to budge on small amounts, because the media say so.

Van Persie would have probably joined us, if no one else was in for him. Same with Agüero.

But therein lies the problem, another team comes in with more money and a better league to play in and we lose them.

Personally I think we had deals agreed with both of those players, but they and their agents aren't stupid, they dragged it on waiting for better offers and they came. Then we end up scrapping around trying to find a replacement.

Sure, we could go all in and break the bank and wage structure and offer players €150,000 p/w plus (like they currently earn), and we'll have short term success. But then we'll be selling Vidal and Pogba a couple of years down the line to stay afloat.

Fair enough this point can never really be proven (whether it was marotta not giving in just for a matter of coupla mills or it was their clubs/agents dragging it).
Anyways it's in the past now. What do you think will be a successful mercato by Marotta, this summer? What kind of purchase will make it a failure for you?

 

[JuveJay]

Fair enough this point can never really be proven (whether it was marotta not giving in just for a matter of coupla mills or it was their clubs/agents dragging it).
Anyways it's in the past now. What do you think will be a successful mercato by Marotta, this summer? What kind of purchase will make it a failure for you?

Someone like Sanchez would be an improvement for sure, and we must remember that we also have signed Llorente already. Those two players are better than all of our current forwards, except Vucinic 'on his day'.

 

[ZoSo]

We should get the DS and scouting team(s) (in addition to our scouting team) from Porto, Lyon and/or Udinese

 

[king Ale]

He has said on many occasions that we can't afford the big name players due to their high transfer fee + salaries. It's not his fault if the media keep making up (Hi Curva) bullshit stories throughout the transfer window that gets the fans hopes up.

Here, that's actually what I'm holding against him. He always says that after we fail to sign a star player we've been linked to (why should we be even linked to the players that we can certainly not afford? It's not all media bullshit. We make moves or we at least show the we are interested while we know ourselves that such players are out of our reach due to the heavy competition and insane spenders). That's useless and that brings in disappointment.

 

[Jem83]

We should get the DS and scouting team(s) (in addition to our scouting team) from Porto, Lyon and/or Udinese

Ok, you've answered the first part of my question.

As for the second part:

What makes you think they would do a better job than the people in our current setup, given the same limitations set forth by both our club (budget-wise, first and foremost) and by the current poor situation in which italian football currently finds itself (shitty stadiums, poor infrastructure, horrendous tax laws limiting what contracts can be offered, racist and violent supporters etc.)?

 

[Cheesio]

He should leave, he didn't do anything exceptionnel, Conte was Agnelli decision as stated by Conte himself.
He Brought Del Neri and we finished 7, the year after it was all Conte, we were winning games with the same players that finished 7 in several occasions, we also benifited from the shit state of Serie A. Face it, we have no competition in Serie A.
Whenever he buys, he overpays, 15mil for Quag, 18 for Matri, 7.5 for Giac, 36 for Asamoah and Isla.........
He can't sell for shit, he has shady ties with Bozzo ( he's the one negociating the deals now ) half the players we signed are his clients.
Last summer he's done nothing to deal with the team weakness. ( CF and LB ), he went to sign some players that we didn't need, and altough he admitted publicy that we were negociating with some WC players we always end up with not the second option but the 5th option.

 

[Jem83]

The way I see it, there are financial, political and cultural aspects in place here to ensure that whoever we put in charge as DS would struggle immensely to capture world class players who have options to go to stronger leagues.

 

[Edoardo]

It's between Marotta and Nedved imo.

 

[Klovn]

Signed Pirlo, Barzagli & Pogba for under 500k...

Not to mention Vidal for 10M, a great depth player like Giaccherini for 7M(?) etc.

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Signed Pirlo, Barzagli & Pogba for under 500k...

Not to mention Vidal for 10M, a great depth player like Giaccherini for 7M(?) etc.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

No, I said it earlier. Be openly honest with fans: we sure need to add to our team players of that caliber but at the moment, we are not good enough financially to make a move.

But how often has this very thing already been said? Player X is interesting, but we can not afford him.

The reactions are always the same: we just need to spend, if only we hadn't spend money on player Y & Z we could have afforded him, we need player X, etc

Many fans would be disappointed right off, Nick being an example, but the sooner they come to terms with the truth, the better.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen

 

[ZoSo]

Ok, you've answered the first part of my question.

As for the second part:

What makes you think they would do a better job than the people in our current setup, given the same limitations set forth by both our club (budget-wise, first and foremost) and by the current poor situation in which italian football currently finds itself (shitty stadiums, poor infrastructure, horrendous tax laws limiting what contracts can be offered, racist and violent supporters etc.)?

Because they have produced many star youth players that have gone on to be sold for shitloads (which could have been kept in a better club i.e. Juve). Think of players like Benzema, Falcao, Hulk, Lisandro & Cissokho (both Porto -> Lyon)... there are too many to name.

He should leave, he didn't do anything exceptionnel, Conte was Agnelli decision as stated by Conte himself.
He Brought Del Neri and we finished 7, the year after it was all Conte, we were winning games with the same players that finished 7 in several occasions, we also benifited from the shit state of Serie A. Face it, we have no competition in Serie A.
Whenever he buys, he overpays, 15mil for Quag, 18 for Matri, 7.5 for Giac, 36 for Asamoah and Isla.........
He can't sell for shit, he has shady ties with Bozzo ( he's the one negociating the deals now ) half the players we signed are his clients.
Last summer he's done nothing to deal with the team weakness. ( CF and LB ), he went to sign some players that we didn't need, and altough he admitted publicy that we were negociating with some WC players we always end up with not the second option but the 5th option.

5th option is good compared to Bendtner and Anelka.

The way I see it, there are financial, political and cultural aspects in place here to ensure that whoever we put in charge as DS would struggle immensely to capture world class players who have options to go to stronger leagues.

I'm pretty sure Marotta over exaggerates that. The main reason is money. We most likely do have the money to splash 25-30m at least on one player (i.e. SS), but if he just spends 5m here and 5m there on squad players then he will be branded a failure.

 

[JuveJay]

He should leave, he didn't do anything exceptionnel, Conte was Agnelli decision as stated by Conte himself.
He Brought Del Neri and we finished 7, the year after it was all Conte, we were winning games with the same players that finished 7 in several occasions, we also benifited from the shit state of Serie A. Face it, we have no competition in Serie A.
Whenever he buys, he overpays, 15mil for Quag, 18 for Matri, 7.5 for Giac, 36 for Asamoah and Isla.........
He can't sell for shit, he has shady ties with Bozzo ( he's the one negociating the deals now ) half the players we signed are his clients.
Last summer he's done nothing to deal with the team weakness. ( CF and LB ), he went to sign some players that we didn't need, and altough he admitted publicy that we were negociating with some WC players we always end up with not the second option but the 5th option.

That's an interesting mixture of ultra negativity and lies.