Juventus sporting director Federico Cherubino has been critical of the signing of Dejan Kulusevski.
The Swede, who signed for Juve from Atalanta, is currently on-loan at Tottenham.
Cherubini is quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Fabio (Paratici) paid too much in the market.
"Although Kulusevski and (Federico) Cheisa are great players, we paid too much when we signed them.
"Kulusevski had done five months in Serie A and we paid 35 million euros, plus nine in bonuses..."