barzagli and bonucci were responsible on our 7th position finish in 2011 and pirlo was considered finished at milan.
when marotta signed them, they weren't in top player level, it is a folly to attribute their top performances last 2 years as marotta's success, furthermore he overpaid bonucci, it's laughable to defend that signing just because bonucci started to perform good 3 years after he was signed.
the only successful transfers that marotta apologists can appeal to are vidal, pogba, and litchsteiner
lesser ones would be giacherrini, caceres, vucinic and asamoah
I'd add estigarribia but he's no longer here
and I wouldn't call llorente a successful one yet too, in fact it's a pretty meh transfer so far