The Fiorentina Chronicle
Squad23 Apr 2035
A fracture rules Omari Forson out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Fiorentina will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market23 Apr 2035
Only the photograph left for Valerio Maccaroni
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Valerio Maccaroni will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Fiorentina the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad23 Apr 2035
Tempers go at Fiorentina
Eddy Kouadio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Apr 2035
Stefano Bertolini is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match21 Apr 2035
Fiorentina come up short against Inter
Inter left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market23 Apr 2035
Santino Bima 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.
The dugout23 Apr 2035
Simone De Santis: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad23 Apr 2035
Fiorentina are still strangers to each other
6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout23 Apr 2035
The manager makes an example of Gennaro Anatriello
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Mamour N'Diaye plays
- Market Lautaro Millán linked with a move away
- Looking ahead Kerim Alajbegović goes back to face AC Milan