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The amount of Marotta misgivings is simply beginning to exceed any of the perceived benefits.
He came in with a reputation as a shrewd seller who maximizes player values while spending responsibly. Instead, we've spent an enormous amount of money while failing to sell any of our players outright for a respectable sum of money (Mario, Perisic, Nainggolan, Dalbert). He sold Icardi for a reasonable sum, only after contributing to the massive reduction in valuation of the player.
On the purchases front, we've blown millions of Euros on the likes of Lazaro, Kolarov, and Godin (via golden handshake). We've failed to address squad depth issues at the CB, LWB, and CF positions.
I'll give him credit for the Hakimi, Barella, and Lukaku purchases, but the costs have simply outweighed the benefits to this point.
His fate is inevitably tied to that of Conte. When Conte takes his golden handshake next summer Marotta should follow him out the door, barring a miraculous change in form.
He came in with a reputation as a shrewd seller who maximizes player values while spending responsibly. Instead, we've spent an enormous amount of money while failing to sell any of our players outright for a respectable sum of money (Mario, Perisic, Nainggolan, Dalbert). He sold Icardi for a reasonable sum, only after contributing to the massive reduction in valuation of the player.
On the purchases front, we've blown millions of Euros on the likes of Lazaro, Kolarov, and Godin (via golden handshake). We've failed to address squad depth issues at the CB, LWB, and CF positions.
I'll give him credit for the Hakimi, Barella, and Lukaku purchases, but the costs have simply outweighed the benefits to this point.
His fate is inevitably tied to that of Conte. When Conte takes his golden handshake next summer Marotta should follow him out the door, barring a miraculous change in form.