Because he wasn't needed then. You can't have forgotten the context already. Chiellini was ruled out for several weeks, and Asamoah was playing AFCON...
Asamoah was almost certainly bought as a CM initially. Isla was bought as the RWB alternative to Lichtsteiner. Circumstances change, but signing a top striker doesn't. We still need more quality in that area, and it is still the hardest transfer to make for a club with financial restrictions. I'm really not going to go into the 1+1+1 = 1 argument again.
Asamoah was almost certainly bought as a CM initially. Isla was bought as the RWB alternative to Lichtsteiner. Circumstances change, but signing a top striker doesn't. We still need more quality in that area, and it is still the hardest transfer to make for a club with financial restrictions. I'm really not going to go into the 1+1+1 = 1 argument again.
This is not about Marrotta. It could be something Conte is doing wrong when communicating his requirements, but at the end of the day, somebody needs to be accountable for the money we are spending on players who are not being used. Eventually, that is what is 'restricting' us from dipping into the market for a striker. A night like last might only reiterates this issue. Conte talks about being behind these clubs on a financial level. But are we that far behind seeing how much we spend ourselves? The only difference is, we'll spend 30m on the likes of Isla, Giaccherini, Padoin, Peluso, while Bayern will spend 40m on Javi Martinez or maybe a Luis Suarez.
1+1+1=1, it is then.
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