I just need to know if people realize that the appreciation alone in Arturo Vidal is enough to make up for all the money Marotta "wasted".
If you factor just Vidal and Pogba, the appreciation in those two from our initial investment must be near $60M.
I absolutely cringe when people list his good signings like Vidal, Pogba, Pirlo, Barzagli etc. and then equate them with BENDTNER AND ANELKA who together cost NOTHING. The difference in magnitude between the two sides of the Marotta spectrum is fucking ENORMOUS.
If a team signs just one Vidal over 5 seasons they will gladly take 100 Anelkas. But Marotta has managed to sign a Vidal every season with Pirlo, Pogba, Barzagli, Lichtsteiner. Those are WC players for peanuts.
I mean this is getting insane. Someone says Marotta signed Vidal and the counter argument is that he signed Anelka. I would take 10 or 15 Anelkas if it meant getting ONE Vidal. My god have some perspective.