All that was missing was the official status and now there is that too. Raffaele Palladino is linked to Fiorentina until 2026 and he himself “announced” himself together with sporting director Daniele Pradè and general manager Alessandro Ferrari during a conference already scheduled with the press. “I am very happy to be the new coach of Fiorentina – says Palladino – and it took us two minutes to reach an agreement. I will give my all for the fans and to bring this prestigious club to the top. I thank the managers and the president Rocco Commisso”. Raffaele Palladino entered Viola Park this morning around 11am to sign the contract that tied him to the Viola through a two-year contract (plus the option for another year in favor of the club). Also present at the sports center in the morning was Cristiano Biraghi, the captain who, in all likelihood, had the first contact with the new coach. Yesterday the coach was already in town to iron out the final details up to the white smoke that had already arrived in the evening because the agreement was total and defined.
fire inside
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Fiorentina, through its managers, outlines the guidelines for next season. The watchword is ambition, shared with Raffaele Palladino. After thanking Vincenzo Italiano and his staff, sporting director Daniele Pradè talks about the choice of Palladino: “We also had other hypotheses such as that of a son like Alberto Aquilani. And not only that. But at this moment Raffaele was what we needed. He has the fire inside, the same as us. The first thing we shared with him is ambition and the desire to always improve. We still haven’t digested the defeat in Athens and it will take time, so now we have to find new energy bring ideas and we must be ambitious.”
the market
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The first indication comes from Gonzalez: “Nico will 99% remain here. Then it’s true that in the transfer market you never know but he’s doing well here. The centre-forward? Our priority for the summer is to look for a great striker and perhaps it was one of my main mistakes is not adequately replacing Vlahovic. What is certain in general is that we will share all our decisions with Palladino. We will agree with him on every choice we make. We are an ambitious club and the objective is to improve ourselves after an eighth bitter place because a few points behind those in front of us. We need to understand who will be the best players among those we have identified to include in Palladino’s project that we have chosen for his predisposition to attack the opponent salaries must not exceed a quota that is based on our revenues. The salary cap is a very restrictive thing. We are the club with the best balance sheet in Italy and it is true that it does not bring victories but it is still important.” .
we wanted gud
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Then a step back to last January: “We had targeted a player – where Pradè – and it was a long negotiation and the economic agreement was almost in the home stretch but then it fell through. It was Gudmundsson. We also liked Zaccagni but it became impossible to even start a negotiation right away.” Among those who will return is Amrabat: “We still haven’t had any definitive answers from United. I would keep Amrabat, if you ask me, but I don’t think that’s what the player has in his head. We went to visit him often and we have a excellent relationship with him but I think he wants to stay in the Premier League.” The fate of Bonaventura, Castrovilli, Duncan and Kouame is still to be decided and will be established with the new coach. “We must also look at financial fair play – concludes Pradè – and raising the bar is not easy because there are tanks ahead, but we are solid. In Italy something is changing: think that today there are competitive teams like Fiorentina, Bologna and Atalanta confirms it.”
