You know being a GM at a club like Juve is often said to be a very hard job. I think it also has its fair share of benefits like access to other big clubs, access to a wider pool of players, maybe even a small amount of money. For me, Marrotta has not been exceptional, more par for the course. I do think someone like Marino, Sabatini and the like would've all done what he did (as good or as bad). The only contention is, how many of them could've actually adapted to a big club mentality better than he has.
That to me has been Marrotta's weakness. I know a lot of people will disagree but he has spent too long chasing different levels of ambition than what Juve as a club have ingrained in its DNA. Those midtable ambitions condition you very differently. How you spend on quantity rather than quality, panic buys, an inability to negotiate for the more elite level of players. It's perhaps why you'll see, he has helped put a base together, but is often out of his depth when trying to make that leap of quality. I hope and pray it works out this summer for him though coz I have nothing personal against him. But every other GM in his place with basic knowledge and know-how and a network of agents and friends, could've done what he has done in building the team after having spent about 220 m in transfers over three seasons. We just don't know to what degree the other guys would damage or create for the club because itll always remain a hypothetical question. I'm sure at some point in his Juve tenure, Marrotta is going to have to spend the money he seems uncomfortable to spend right now on the bigger players. Anyone would have to. And that requires a certain mentality and approach. Maybe Marrotta will inculcate it over time if he's around. I mean that with no malice whatsoever.
That to me has been Marrotta's weakness. I know a lot of people will disagree but he has spent too long chasing different levels of ambition than what Juve as a club have ingrained in its DNA. Those midtable ambitions condition you very differently. How you spend on quantity rather than quality, panic buys, an inability to negotiate for the more elite level of players. It's perhaps why you'll see, he has helped put a base together, but is often out of his depth when trying to make that leap of quality. I hope and pray it works out this summer for him though coz I have nothing personal against him. But every other GM in his place with basic knowledge and know-how and a network of agents and friends, could've done what he has done in building the team after having spent about 220 m in transfers over three seasons. We just don't know to what degree the other guys would damage or create for the club because itll always remain a hypothetical question. I'm sure at some point in his Juve tenure, Marrotta is going to have to spend the money he seems uncomfortable to spend right now on the bigger players. Anyone would have to. And that requires a certain mentality and approach. Maybe Marrotta will inculcate it over time if he's around. I mean that with no malice whatsoever.
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