Let's say both Juve and Arsenal/Tottenham bid the same amount, offer the same wages, contract etc and Higuain decides to accept the offer of whichever EPL presumably qualifies for the CL. Would you concede that the Premiership being a bigger attraction for most footballers in this day and age, is a viable reason for Marotta not being able to sign said player?
Highly unlikely hypothetical situation. I assume that Higuain will make a rational decision (could be based on money, ambition, hope for a better future, etc) so if he turns us down in such situation, I'd still blame Marotta for it's his job to contact, convince and bring top players. He has to be smart. This Juve has won the league two times in a row, has a great history and is prestigious. If it's still not enough to make us more attractive than the likes of Arsenal when offering similar fees and wages, we then have to buy attraction by adding a couple more millions. If we are too weak financially to afford even that, we need to change our policy altogether. I mean, if nothing in this Juve is similar to what it used to be in the past, then change the club's approach and start investing on young and unknown players hoping for a new Del Piero. I can't understand buying the likes of Anelka and Bendtner (perhaps it was understandable two seasons ago but not now), giving them money generously only to have them sit on the bench without any hopes of them developing into better players.