I used to envy how brilliantly Juve and Napoli were run.
But take the worst traits from Mirabelli and Galliani and you'll get Paratici.
To think this guy was the RnB dream signing as Galliani replacement....
He probably is competent at certain things, but there's a reason Marotta was his boss.
12m net and 85m transfer fee for a kid who looked good in a few UCL games for a great team that also made Daley Blind seem like a good defender. The high-profile errors with the Dutch NT should've been a warning sign...but no.
9m net for Rabiot.
7m net for Ramsey.
All the agent and sign-on fees.
Danilo.
3.5m net for Rugani.
3m net for De Sciglio.
And then, of course, the CR disaster.
As for Napoli, they were doing fine until De Laurentiis decided to give Koulibaly a massive raise instead of cashing in on him while he was overvalued in the market, the way they had previously done with Cavani, Higuain, Jorginho, etc.
Koulibaly's raise created jealousy among the likes of Insigne and Allan. The latter basically stopped performing when he realized ADL isn't going to negotiate with an employee who is on a contract for 4 more years.
They decided to keep Koulibaly, pay him 11m gross yearly and he's not even starting material for them anymore. KK-Manolas make a terrible duo.