Comparing Marotta with Moggi
And please for God's sake can we stop that bullsh't argument that Moggi had all the money in the world in his disposal back then yet the poor Marotta doesn't have any money to spend.
- 2010/2011 season transfer exp: 53 millions euros
- 2011-2012 season : 87 millions, "net spent 67 mil" ( total ex - total income)
Can someone show me just "once" when Moggi's net spends were more than 67 mil euros !!
While I will more than agree with you in regards to the money argument, there are some things that are either being left out of the conversation, or certain things that people might not be aware of.
First and foremost was that Moggi inherited a fantastic squad in 1994. The only reason why they couldn't win was because the Milan teams of that era were absolutely legendary.
The squad at Moggi's disposal was a fantastic team. Baggio, Peruzzi, Moller, Di Livio, Dino Baggio, Del Piero, Ravanelli, Vialli, Kohler, Torricelli.
It was much easier to work with that base of players in your first year in. The squad did not need revolutionizing. They did not need wholesale changes. It needed tweaking.
The squad that Marotta inherited needed more than just tweaking. It was an old, expensive squad, with bit players on ridiculous contracts. The previous DS for Juve during Moggi's time did not leave the team in a financial mess, the same way that Secco left things behind.
So, again, as I stated earlier, I wholeheartedly agree with you in regards to the budgets given each DS, but also keep in mind the situations that they walked into. If Moggi had walked into a 7th place squad in 1994, do you not think that he would have made wholesale changes?
Conversely, if Marotta had walked into a 2nd place squad with an elite strikeforce, with arguably the best player in the world at that time,and a rising young phoenomeon, do you think that he would have seen the need to make any wholesale changes.