Marotta and Conte are working on a title winning squad. That is guaranteed. They are "bringing champions" over and "building on previous successes" that this club has been "accustomed" during the years. Especially the late years, I as a fan, would add. It is just the beginning of the transfer window, excitement phase, and most aren't excited at all. Imagine when we pass through "disappointment" and go into the reality phase - Pirlo and Licht would be considered great champions by late August. We've had a chance for Aguero around 3 or 4 years in a row now. That's about 8 transfer windows and we've spent over a 100 mils and still there isn't a player anything like his quality in this squad, but we've got Amauri for 14 mils less....
Being on the stock exchange isn't helping at that point either. External investments are minimized not only due to the poor condition of global economy, but the brute 'italien' court system combined with shady deals from the major holders and idiotic management makes it a no-go for anyone, but a rich fan to throw money at it. You should see the June graph, after Conte and the plans for a new 'system' = clear statement we are going to the top again, belief it seems is on our side ... but a moral one, not the financial
