I used to not hate him but I admit I was annoyed by the extreme overrating of his work by fanbois.
Last season killed me though.Infact it silenced many people not just me.
Thing is balance. When Marotta got alot of flack, the need comes to oversize on the good things he did to balance it out.
But his management is really snowballing now. I mean seriously, we are quickly becomming the best managed club in europe, if not allready
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In his first year all Marotta's good work was overshadowed by a failing manager, a collapse no one saw comming of amauri, and the worst offensive injury crisis in recent history. Not to mention we were where milan is today. Unrespected by players outside italy. milked by clubs and player in italy cause we were a fallen corrupt giant.
Marotta has some sorth of trauma from that year. He needs that 5th striker. He cant care less wether its bendtner. If he doesnt have 5 strikers, he'll loan one at the final minute of the mercato. People wrongly think its desperation calling. Its not, it was Marotta waiting for an economical opportunity on the market, but covering the team with some loan if it didnt came.
His biggest regret will be having to overspend on Amauri and Toni cause everyone knew all our strikers were injured. The money he had to put on Quagliarella and Vucinic, cause we were THAT unrespected in italy.
Yet he kept building the team. On a tight budget he imposed on himself.
The thing snowballed, as we never had to sell players. we became self sufficient where as Napoli and Roma did not, and Milan and Inter can wonder how to fucking do it. Italy is a graveyard of projects and good intentions, because its so freaking hard to pull it off. Marotta however, nailed it down each and every year.
Today we have a squad that was a penalty away from a motherfucking trebble, on a 300mil turnover team, without having to sell players that were borrowed time (overspending on players you'll later sell to balance, knowing this from start).
Today, we are the shining example in italy. Every player wants to come here, and we are the antihero for every "competitive" (lol) team. Despite the low profile on serie a, we have no problem getting players abroad without having to overpay.
Today, we have the best youth in italy, some of the best in the world even, we have a hugely competitive squad that can spend 30mil twice if it wanted, and we closed our mercato.
On July 2nd. Let that sink in for a moment.