You think its Secco who decides to have a 115 million budget? And do you think its Marotta who decides to cut the budget? They get orders of how big the budgets should be. Those two don't do anything and if the board tells them that they can spend more or save money, thats what they'll be forced to do.
indeed, but how they do it is entirely their fault/credit.
For ex Amauri the board and our coach wanted him out since Marotta took over.
Noone expected from Marotta to get back the 25mil investment we made on him, not even half of this money, but how about a quarter?
How about get rid of him a season ago and save up 10 mil on wages and taxes?
How about using Tiagos contract as a bargain chip?
Swap Giovinco with a player worthy of more than the double we got for his half.
Pay for Martinez as any other Italian club would have payed?
Regardless of the guide lines imposed by our board, these fine details are entirely on his hands and he is the only on held responsible for them.