Giuseppe Marotta (169 Viewers)

[ZoSo]

I suspect they won't pay €50m for Tevez because of his short contract. They'll see a better economic deal in Higuain or Jovetic because of their ages, contract lengths, sell on value, maybe even because of Tevez's City stunt. I'm basing that on our previous strategy, anyway.

Possible. But if Marotta uses a cop out like 'we can't compete with other clubs ' on players like Higuain, Jovetic etc. then he would be lying as long they aren't sold way above value with a massive wage increase. I can already see it coming, considering it's happened every window so far.

Like Arsenal? :troll:

More competition there, Podolski, Giroud etc.

 

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[JuveJay]

Possible. But if Marotta uses a cop out like 'we can't compete with other clubs ' on players like Higuain, Jovetic etc. then he would be lying as long they aren't sold way above value with a massive wage increase. I can already see it coming, considering it's happened every window so far.

More competition there, Podolski, Giroud etc.

That's the thing, we can pay, of course we can. We could take out a loan and buy Falcao if we wanted. There will be consequences, however.

Those top strikers eh?

 

[Fint]

The great man

Time to make the Secco Suckers cry into their pillows with some tactical signings, excellent team building and super fantastic troll grins.

 

[Juliano13]

Possible. But if Marotta uses a cop out like 'we can't compete with other clubs ' on players like Higuain, Jovetic etc. then he would be lying as long they aren't sold way above value with a massive wage increase. I can already see it coming, considering it's happened every window so far.



More competition there, Podolski, Giroud etc.

When has it happened? His only failure at acquiring a realistic target is Berbatov.

 

[ZoSo]

That's the thing, we can pay, of course we can. We could take out a loan and buy Falcao if we wanted. There will be consequences, however.

Those top strikers eh?

Well as you stated we can afford someone like Higuain/Jovetic etc, so again I expect we buy someone like that.. unless we lose all ambition and turn into Udinese.

Certainly better than Vucinic, Quag, Gio etc.

 

[Jem83]

Statement - May 20th, 2013 (Society Issue #4125)

In light of current events, notably several scathing attacks on The Great Man™ that have been completely unfounded, The Society has decided to take action.

Firstly, we are recruiting more members. Announcements to be made shortly.

Secondly, we've spent some of our hard-earned funds on floor layering in the Sauna-entrance. We have also renamed the Sauna "Marotta Arena", but unofficially we intend to still call it "the Sauna", "our beloved Sauna" or "the bum fun factory" as was it's previous names.

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[ZoSo]

When has it happened? His only failure at acquiring a realistic target is Berbatov.

Dzeko is the most obvious one.

 

[baggio]

How about this one?

We can't afford the wages of the likes of Tevez, Ibra, Suarez etc.

Now, is that an excuse, or just simply stating a fact?

Why blame Marotta for facts that he can't do nothing about?

Marotta's critics expect him to for example convince Tevez to lower his wages from 10 million to somewhere around 5 (which I believe is our absolute maximum, not the reported 6 reported by some media), just as they expected him to lower Ibra's 12 million to the same amount.

Sure, it's his job to negotiate and try to get players to lower their demands so as to fit into our budget, but that's just too big a gap to ask for.

Names like that should therefore not be expected, at all. Names like Jovetic and Lamela and perhaps Higuain (although not likely), could be a possibility.

On one hand we say how do we bring the wages of players like Tevez down, on the other Marrotta says we are close to an agreement with the player. On one hand we say that Higuain is a distinct possibility all things considered, on the other, you have Marrotta himself say that signing Tevez is easier than signing Higuain.

I don't see how we can spend 40-80m in the last 2-3 transfer windows and yet somehow we don't have 20-30m + 5-10m wages to spend on one top player now when we really only need one player (besides Llorente).

Exactly. Marrotta functions as a midtable DS. His focus is more on depth and quantity, than it is on quality. If Bayern is his aim, he is going to have to come to grips with the fact that quality comes at a price, because football is more than just sport. It is business. Talent, image rights, merchandise sales, all things have to be considered when investing in a potential big name star. And when you factor those things in, you cannot get RVP for 10m no matter how little of his contract remains. If we are 'aiming' to go the Bayern way, then the module is going to require investing in a quality player every second summer, that too on wages we cannot afford to pay currently.

Or he saw that he would pretty much be a guaranteed starter at a top CL club.

Many factors. Just not playing all of last season pretty much automatically made him a risky proposition for the big clubs with spending power. And besides, he wouldn't reckon in their first lists anyway. Llorente is a risky signing for us too, but given where we are at, signing him on a free means nothing to lose, even if it doesn't work out, we could profit from a potential sale. Though I hope he succeeds.

Statement - May 20th, 2013 (Society Issue #4125)

In light of current events, notably several scathing attacks on The Great Man™ that have been completely unfounded, The Society has decided to take action.

Firstly, we are recruiting more members. Announcements to be made shortly.

Secondly, we've spent some of our hard-earned funds on floor layering in the Sauna-entrance. We have also renamed the Sauna "Marotta Arena", but unofficially we intend to still call it "the Sauna", "our beloved Sauna" or "the bum fun factory" as was it's previous names.

Thirdly, various sister companies have now been created in order to gain valuable market shares in areas such as the restaurant industry, finance, prostitution, drug-trafficking and dental care. Logos can be seen below.

- The Society

The Not So Great Gatsby.

 

[Zacheryah]

Dzeko is the most obvious one.

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[Bianconero_Aus]

Brother Jem and Nikola...reporting for duty.

The renovations to the new Marotta sauna look absolutely fabulous. I cannot wait until the "Great Man" himself is able to attend in person.

 

[Jem83]

Brother Jem and Nikola...reporting for duty.

The renovations to the new Marotta sauna look absolutely fabulous. I cannot wait until the "Great Man" himself is able to attend in person.

 

[JuveJay]

Exactly. Marrotta functions as a midtable DS. His focus is more on depth and quantity, than it is on quality. If Bayern is his aim, he is going to have to come to grips with the fact that quality comes at a price, because football is more than just sport. It is business. Talent, image rights, merchandise sales, all things have to be considered when investing in a potential big name star. And when you factor those things in, you cannot get RVP for 10m no matter how little of his contract remains. If we are 'aiming' to go the Bayern way, then the module is going to require investing in a quality player every second summer, that too on wages we cannot afford to pay currently.

Let me just stop you there. Bayern is the model we are looking to reach, not that we have the means to currently do. That's years down the line.

If Juventus were to sign Cristiano Ronaldo tomorrow we'd sell half as many shirts as they would at Man Utd, Bayern or Real Madrid. The bigger picture needs improving first, and some of it is out of our hands.

 

[ZoSo]

Let me just stop you there. Bayern is the model we are looking to reach, not that we have the means to currently do. That's years down the line.

If Juventus were to sign Cristiano Ronaldo tomorrow we'd sell half as many shirts as they would at Man Utd, Bayern or Real Madrid. The bigger picture needs improving first, and some of it is out of our hands.

The sooner we get there the better before the gap gets too big, and it's not going to happen without results on the pitch. We have to ensure our squad is up to par as we can't always rely on our midfielders to score.

 

[JuveJay]

The sooner we get there the better before the gap gets too big, and it's not going to happen without results on the pitch. We have to ensure our squad is up to par as we can't always rely on our midfielders to score.

We are improving our marketing but it's something of a vicious circle playing in this league and economy.

 

[ZoSo]

We probably need to increase international revenue

 

[JuveJay]

We probably need to increase international revenue

Have to. People in Italy aren't buying millions of shirts.

For that you need more people watching Juventus, which means watching Serie A.

 

[Nzoric]

Brother Jem and Nikola...reporting for duty.

The renovations to the new Marotta sauna look absolutely fabulous. I cannot wait until the "Great Man" himself is able to attend in person.

I have to give credit to @Fint who spent hours scrubbing the floor to remove the stains you and Jem left the last time you went up there.

 

[Cuti]

Spoiler

KEEP CALM
AND
TRUST BEPPE

 

[Turk_Bianconero]

Spoiler

end up with Moscardelli

 

[Jem83]

Spoiler

Haters gonna hate