one thing that alot of the doubters are missing, but luckely some members allready pointed out is
How much does the board allow marotta exactly to spend on a single player, in cash ?
Its not a coincidence that for certain players its allways the same number, and for others, its a bit higher.
I'm pretty certain the board restricts marotta to not spend more then 20 mil on a single player, UNLESS its a high marketting profile.
In that case, the number the board thinks he'll generate in extra merchandising, will be the extra over 20 mil.
Lets see
rvp : cannot afford his wages+the requested fee. board will likely have set a max fee+transfer
doumbia : i'll take what we got
Higuain : didnt want to leave real, a much higher profile club then us.
Llorente : not signed because we look if we can get better
Jovetic : before this week, marotta wasent allowed to spend over 20 mil cash on him, fiorentina wanted 30 mil in cash. good luck convincing the board. seems they finally might tho
Damiao : since when do we shell 20 mil on an unproven brazillian youngster ? we based in turin, not milan, and look were it brought them *cough pato cough*
lewcrap : If this guy was italian, everyone would talk about him like it was boriello or carciacrapo
Dzeko : As long as city doesnt buy a new striker, he was not for sale, at least not for a number that the board allows marotta to pay
Cavani : Yeah sure, if we had 50 mil on a single player. good luck convincing the board.
Seriously, look what happened to milan after reckless wage spending, and inter to both excessive wage and transferfee spending.
They have to keep selling and selling
If you want to be financially sustainable , compete in europe, while based in italy, you must do exactly what marotta is doing, and what our board allows, altho they should allow 30 mil on jovetic imo
AND, asamoah is extremely likely to become the best leftflank serie a has seen since nedved and eto'o(under mou).
Isla, will be worth his fee also.