i hope that is sarcasm, fredrik...as your points make sense. You just have a different opinion to the 'im a whiny kunt, who is going to repeat how much i hate marotta over and over again, and if you disagree with me you are wrong. simple. we could easily have signed the likes of aguero and mata, if it wasn't for marrotta, who is singlehandedly destroying our beloved juve who i have supported for near to two weeks now!' club.
A fair few of the more knowledgable and older juve supporters I have known for many moons are content, so far with our mercato, as am I. If people can't understand the very basic differences between...
Juve- presently coming off two of our worst seasons for half a century, no european football, publicized (wrongly) as caught out cheats still in recent memory, wage structure not set up for the modern crop of 7m+ per season hotshots (yet), but still, a glorious history behind us and still enough prestige to stir the hearts of some brilliant players like...Vidal.
OR...
a team like Man city. will easily double whatever wage we can offer. a massively stronger squad to play with. champions league football. a decent chance of winning the title of the most competitive high quality league in the world.
...then why bother even conversing with them?
I see the problems beppe has in terms of attracting the very best players. Pirlo, Vucinic, Vidal, Matri, Pazienza, Lichsteiner, Ziegler, Gabriel Appelt, Sorensen...are for me, all great/good signings this summer. Not so sure about Quagiarella, as it will take him time to regain match sharpness, but i think our original deal with napoli was an obligation to buy, not option. Estigaribbia is an interesting move as is Giaccherini. I am still assuming that Pepe is on his way out, as well as iaquinta, grosso, grygera and amauri.
as anyone with any business sense understands, or simply anyone who knows how shit smells...it hard to repackage shit as something attractive to potential buyers. Only amauri and pepe have done anything of use this last term to attract suitors, and amauri is on huge wages at juve. not due to beppe, i should note.
If pasquato is heading out on loan, it will be a shame, but i am unsure about that, as he was used often preseason and did well. also...he can be used to cover more than just the Left wing forward slot. Play him as a second striker through the middle? If elia comes, its not amazing, more just interesting...if rhodolfo or bruno or alex comes, brilliant news.
Strange stories about Ziegler heading to those damn turks! I hope there is nothing of substance there...as for the first time in ages, we have presently one competent LB in ziegler, who is solid going forward, and one perhaps able to be competent LB in de ceglie, who is solid going forward.
all in all, I am content with beppe for this mercato so far.
In all the years I have been supporting Juve, we often signed good players, but did not regularly spend our way to the top by purchasing the very best in the world. Conte's wonderful juve, in his playing days was bult on hard grit, brilliant spirit, pride in the club, and decent technique throughout the squad.