I gave it a few days to think about this opportunity. I`m an opportunist.
First of all, I would love to know what was the REAL deal breaker between Agnelli and Marotta - what happened that prompted this divorce? Some of our italian members could perhaps clarify this. Something related to Dybala being sold? CR7 signed? I read that a lot of top clubs wanted to sign Paratici, so maybe juBe decided to back-stab Marotta in order to promote him. And if this is the real reason, Marotta has every reason to join us and prove them wrong.
In the first few days I was paranoid about Marotta being deployed as the ultimate spy/trojan horse so juBe could continue their domination. But I think this is too much, people would read you and your intentions at some point, so they will probably just stick to refs and ref designators... Moratti backing the move should be reassuring for us.
Il Drago is right. No way would Marotta replace Ausilio. He would work above him as Sabatini did, and how Marotta did with Paratici at Juve. Ausilio would continue to handle negotiations and player scouting while Moratta would approve his purchases and sales while keeping an eye on the business side of things, managing the relationship between Inter and Suning.
The judgement to make is, given Ausilio had an extremely good summer without anyone between him and Suning, would we rather continue with him as #fullfreedom. You have to factor in the fact that the Marotta-Paratici combo was such a productive one that led Juve to being where they are today.
It's tricky, but I think if we have real ambition to return to the top, we should take the risk and do it, and go back to Ausilio going solo if it doesn't work out.
+1. In management you have to leave sentiments aside and be logical, analitical. If he`s a great manager, we should be after him - because the last thing you want is to splash Suning money on another Joao Mario/Barbosa. Sure Ausilio uppped his game and I`m happy about that, but I doubt Marotta would replace him. If anything, Ausilio would have the chance to learn stuff from him, just like he hopefully did learn from Sabatini.
From a moral point of view, it`s a bit more sensitive. We have a saying in Romania [do you also have something similar?]: "the fish is starting to rot from its head", meaning that the one who`s at the very top of the hierarchy is dictating the means. I would assume at juBentus the Agnelli family is the dark side, but my knowledge is limited in this sense. Those history briefs brehme mentioned above would be lovely to have.
At this point, especially with Sabatini out, I would take Marotta. I believe this is what is going to happen, weather we like it or not. Football has become more of a business and
if you were Zhang, you would take the highest possible professional to decide on budget spending. I mean we had scumbags like Fassone here and fans did not quit. If Zhang has a good soul, it`s all up to him. But since his son Steven is directly involved, I think we finally have the bright future we`ve been all waiting for years.
Latest report: Today's edition of Repubblica reports updates and some rumors about the future of the former Sampdoria : "There are those who say that he has already signed and that will be operative from the January market, in any case the track is very hot. We are getting ready to think big, we are getting ready for rebirth " , writes the Milanese newspaper.
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