The Fiorentina Chronicle
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ricardo Pepi
Fiorentina asked and PSV said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Álex Jiménez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 31. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mateo Pellegrino wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Fiorentina
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Álex Jiménez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fiorentina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
Lecce take the points off Fiorentina
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market24 Aug 2026
Fiorentina promote Gianluca Santoro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gianluca Santoro has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gerardo Colletti joins the Fiorentina first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gerardo Colletti is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Carlo Dalla Costa joins the Fiorentina first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlo Dalla Costa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Doors closed at Fiorentina
- The dugout Carlo Benedetti: “No excuses”
- The dugout No hiding place for Radu Drăguşin