The morata transfer had an element of risk and it seems thus far that it back fired but that risk persists more or less with any young player with a good name around. Morata was a young kid who always did very well for madrid whenever he was called upon. His competition was insane however so he had no chance to be a starter. We had to buy young players with promise and Morata fit the bill. He has not delivered yet and is still a question mark. At the same time, other transfers were risky and worked very well for us.
The same applies to any team who buys younger players. Shaqiri looks promising but could turn out shit. The same applies for Icardi. Belfodil back fired already. Immobile is still a question mark too. You can call it a bargain only in retrospect if the player comes good. Every transfer director has some bargains and some deals that turned out bad. I dont see Marotta doing anyworse than any other team around us. In fact, the Pogba deal is better than what any other director did except maybe tottenham with Bale and liverpool with suarez.
Well, more or less. Sure, when you take a risk it's only a bargain if he turns out good. The thing with Morata is that he had nothing to show for, if for competition at Madrid or whatever reason. It doesn't matter. It still comes down to how much we spent - we, a club that doesn't really spend that much on one player - and at what we were spending on.
Sure, we should always look for youngsters but we can't spend our biggest budget on an unproven (at least at some level) one that only seems slightly promising. He didn't look like a world beater then and still doesn't. It was a shot in the dark. Especially when nowadays anyone can look promising if they score a goal here and there.
And well, other transfers did not cost us 20mil, that's the difference. I thought after Krasic and Isla we had learned our lesson.
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