Not sure what some of you are talking about.
http://forum.juventuz.com/showthread.php?30242-2010-11-Juventus-mercato-and-roster
So lets assume we don't buyout Motta and Rinaudo because they aren't any good, yet we do exercise on Aquilani who has a buyout option of around 15M Euros along with the others. Taking into account loan fees and the payments we will have to make to sign the others on the list, the grand total of transfer and loan fees amounts to:
88.35M Euros
So what the hell are people talking about, we aren't spending money? Just because we can pay the transfer sums via installments, rather than the entire fee up front, doesn't mean the players will cost less. We have been over this before. At the end of the day, we will still have to pay the same amount for the player, deducted from the books.
Does 88.35M in loan fees and transfers seem like a drop in the bucket to you?
I realize paying for a loan with an option to buy is essentially insurance in case the player is horrible, but these costs add up. And just imagine if we sign everyone on the list... we'll be paying close to 100M Euros for signings made for
this season.
So to me, irrespective of the success of certain signings, the only difference between Secco and Marotta is that one spends big money freely and the other spends big money plus a premium for insurance.