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Selling Moise Kean this late is an echo of Viola follies past
After a flurry of moves early in the transfer window, Fabio Paratici is racing the clock to finish assembling his team. Ensconced in the center of that complex clockwork mechanism is Moise Kean. With just a week left in the mercato, the fate of Italy’s best striker remains uncertain, setting up a series of difficult […]
Roma 4-0 Fiorentina: Match report
Pre-match Both teams made weirdly parallel decisions, picking a newly-signed young foreigner in attack (Rodrigo Mora and Franco Mastantuono) and an unexpected fullback (Emanuele Lulli and Dodô). For Gian Piero Gasperini, that was the end of the surprises. Fabio Grosso, though, shifted João Mário to the left side and also started Mateo Pellegrino instead of […]
Roma vs Fiorentina: Lineups and how to watch
Late news Fabio Grosso’s first Serie A game with Fiorentina has presented us with no end of curveballs. João Mário goes to leftback so Dodô can slot in on the right but the big news is up front. Franco Mastantuono starting over Albert Guðmundsson makes some sense but Mateo Pellegrino over Moise Kean all but […]
Roma vs Fiorentina: Preview
The summer’s been fun enough, I guess. There was a World Cup and the excitement of Fabio Paratici spending as much Commisso money as he could. But international tournaments and transfer shenanigans are a pale substitute for what really matters, and what really matters is Fiorentina. Last week’s big win over Benevento in the Coppa […]
4 reasons to not touch Mauro Icardi with a 39-and-a-half foot pole
As Fiorentina’s summer transfer window builds towards denouement with the future of Moise Kean, the secondary narrative couldn’t be about anything other than his putative replacement. The usual rumormongers have offered up a handful of names: Lorenzo Lucca, Joshua Zirkzee, William Osula. None of those spark joy even in conjunction with the previously-signed Mateo Pellegrino. […]
Pump those Lucas Torreira brakes, folks
Everyone in Florence loves Lucas Torreira. The Uruguayan midfield general was nails in his lone season with the Viola, adding equal parts needle and verve to the center of the park and doing everything that supporters want to see out of their midfielders. His departure was a huge bummer, one that cast a cloud over […]
Report: Fiorentina working on Ernest Poku purchase
Despite doing a fair amount of work early in the summer, Fabio Paratici’s got plenty left on his plate before the transfer window closes. His most important task (assuming Moise Kean stays, which is hardly a certainty) is finding a winger, preferably one who can play on the left and also operate through the middle […]
Como’s lowball Kean offer is step one
The reporting around Fiorentina’s high-profile mercato was never going slow down but when you throw Moise Kean into a rumor, things hit a fever pitch. Various outlets breathlessly informed us this morning that Como has made a formal offer for the Azzurri striker. The nouveau riche Lariani have coveted the Moose for months and, backed […]
Meet Fiorentina’s staff
We all know Fabio Grosso, World Cup winner et cetera. He’ll be at the center of every shot of the sidelines this year, whether that’s sitting stoically on the bench, screaming at the referees, or consulting with his anonymous minions. Those anonymous minions will play a huge part in Fiorentina’s success this year so let’s […]
Fiorentina 4-1 Benevento: Match report
Pre-match Competitive debuts for Radu Drǎgușin, Víctor Valdepeñas, João Màrio, Arthur Atta, and mister Fabio Grosso ensured that this felt like the start of a new era. That was certainly the energy among the 15,000ish fans filling the Artemio Franchi on this sticky evening: curiosity and excitement about this project. President Joseph Commisso was there […]
Fiorentina vs Benevento: Lineups and how to watch
Late news For his first official game in charge of Fiorentina, Fabio Grosso picks the same XI that he trotted out in the last unofficial one. That one was a loose 4-4-2 shape with Arthur Atta and Cher Ndour as the wide midfielders but featured a fair bit of rotation, with those two in particular […]
OFFICIAL: Fiorentina signs Mateo Pellegrino from Parma, sends Roberto Piccoli to Bologna
Despite skepticism from the dumbest corners of the internet, Fiorentina has signed Parma striker Mateo Pellegrino on loan. According to Nicolò Schira, it’s a loan with an obligation that will kick in on 2 February (likely triggered by appearances) and will total €25 million, possibly with a sell-on percentage (update: Fiorentina says it’s an outright […]
Viola Nation 104: Agree or Disagree
It’s positively sweltering out there and that can only mean one thing. Yes, the earth is heating up unsustainably. But if it means another thing, it’s that your favorite Fiorentina podcast idiots are back, braving those temperatures to keep you supplied with hot hot takes as the transfer market approaches its apogee, hauling us into […]
Report: Piccoli inching towards Bologna
Roberto Piccoli has had about as rotten a year as he could’ve, going from Fiorentina’s record signing to expensive afterthought. He’s been linked to various destinations—Lazio, Genoa—but according to Nicolò Schira, Bologna will be his next stop. The framework’s in place for a loan with an option to buy that, if triggered, would net €18 […]
Fiorentina vs Benevento: Preview
I can’t believe I’m typing this but Fiorentina is playing a real game again, all your scars from last year be damned. Despite what feels like a very short preseason, the Coppa Italia waits for no one. The opponent is Serie B’s Benevento, which overcame an early 2-goal deficit to beat Ravenna 5-3 yesterday. The […]
Ranking Fiorentina’s number 10s
Fiorentina will retire the famous 10 jersey in its centenary year as an olive branch to Giancarlo Antognoni. The legendary playmaker’s relationship with the club has soured over the past few years and he’s threatened to skip the celebrations. It’s a sad state of affairs when the greatest player in Viola history is so mad […]
OFFICIAL: Fiorentina gets a year of Mastantuono
Fabio Paratici has built an interesting but unbalanced Fiorentina during his first official transfer window. Having reshaped the defense and the midfield, the wings were begging for reinforcement, particularly on the right. By signing Franco Mastantuono from Real Madrid, he’s addressed that need with one of the most promising teenaged attackers in the world. Before […]
What sort of wingers should Fiorentina target?
The ultra-reliable Niccolò Ceccarini has added his voice to the chorus reporting that Fiorentina won’t sell Moise Kean unless it’s for silly money, which I take to be in excess of €50 million. That means Como and the other supposed suitors are probably out and the Moose will get another year in Florence. That means […]
OFFICIAL: Fiorentina adds João Mário
Fabio Paratici’s busy summer continues with Fiorentina’s 7th incoming transfer of the season (9th if you count the loan redemptions for Marco Brescianini and Giovanni Fabbian). The DS has gone back to familiar territory again and grabbed rightback João Mário on loan from Juventus. According to LaViola.it, it’s a €1.8 million initial fee and a […]
OFFICIAL: Simon Sohm to Venezia too
Fiorentina has sent another ouctast northwest to newly-promoted Venezia. Joining Matías Moreno is Simon Sohm. According to Nicolò Schira, the formula of the deal is a loan with an option that could pay the Viola up to €11 million. From the way he’s phrased it, I assume there’s an initial fee and then a larger […]
Mateo Pellegrino? What? Seriously? What?
Fiorentina’s best valuable player is Moise Kean. Sure, he was bad last year; injuries, club-wide incompetence, and basic regression slowed him down considerably at domestic level. He proved his quality by nearly dragging Azzurri to the World Cup, though, and emerged from that fiasco as the only Italy international whose reputation remained intact. As the […]
Viola Station 103: The second coming of a midfield
Fabio Paratici and company have been hard at work bringing us pleasant and unpleasant surprises! Tito and the Mikes discuss the comings and goings as we reach the end of the first month of the mercato. We run through all the moves that were official as of Wednesday (sorry, Ginger Prince) before zooming out and […]
OFFICIAL: Matías Moreno to Venezia
Another Fiorentina outcast has had his future resolved. Venezia announced yesterday that it’s acquired Matías Moreno on loan. According to Nicolò Schira, it’s an initial €500,000 fee with a €5.5 million option to make the move permanent. The Viola will keep a 50% sell-on clause as well. Previous reporting claimed that the centerback was close […]
OFFICIAL: Pietro Comuzzo off to Torino
The rumor’s been rattling around for a few weeks and now we’ve got confirmation: Fiorentina has sent Pietro Comuzzo to Torino on loan. Per Nicolò Schira, there’s a €1 million initial fee and a €20 million option to make the move permanent next summer with a contract until 2031, although I can’t find anyone reporting […]
Fiorentina is selling all its young, academy-trained players
Fabio Paratici has wasted no time stamping his mark on this Fiorentina squad. He’s brought in 5 new players already and more are coming. That’s good news: the Viola needed to refresh a stale, ailing group. What I’m interested in, though, is the senior players the new sporting director has sold. No, I don’t mean […]
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