Fiorentina market, one player is fed up and wants to leave immediately
Just a few months ago no one would have imagined seeing Fiorentina last in the standings less than ten days before Christmas given that last year the lily-livered finished in sixth place. Big investments were made in the summer, moreover the club managed to convince Moise Kean, an absolute protagonist last season, to stay in Florence despite Bayern Munich’s offer and Milan’s interest. Today the situation is dramatic and will inevitably affect the upcoming market sessions. Indeed, it seems that Albert Gudmundsson, who was redeemed by Fiorentina just in the summer for almost 15 million euros, has asked his entourage to find him an alternative arrangement for January.
The Icelandic is among the most targeted by the Fiorentina fans and Roma is monitoring the situation with great interest.
If there is a chance, Frederic Massara will attempt the breakthrough in the coming weeks. Gian Piero Gasperini urgently needs a reinforcement in the offensive department: no team in the top 12 of the standings has scored fewer goals than the Giallorossi (16, less than half as many as Inter). Initially there was talk of Joshua Zirkzee but Manchester United is not convinced they want to give him up since they will lose several players to the African Cup of Nations. There’s also the problem of the formula: the Red Devils are willing to negotiate only for an outright transfer, Massara, on the other hand, would prefer to sign the Dutchman on loan with a buy-back option.
In this situation the unhappy Albert Gudmundsson could come out on top. Fiorentina needs players firmly convinced in the team’s chances of salvation and is not willing to keep disgruntled or sulking players in the squad, this could facilitate the Icelandic player’s move to the capital. Albert Gudmundsson would go to fill out the Giallorossi’s offensive department, which so far, with Evan Ferguson and Artem Dovbyk, has certainly not shined. From the Irishman came signs of awakening in the Europa League match against Celtic but the expectations on his performance in Rome were very high and so far he has not met them in the least.
Meanwhile, Giuseppe Cruciani went toe-to-toe with Fiorentina management and did so over the color choice in the match played by
Ranieri and his teammates against Hellas Verona, a match won by the guests thanks to the double scored by Orban, which was answered only by an unlucky Scaligera own goal: “If you have to face a match that is like a Champions League final, the last resort, which is not fortunately for Fiorentina because there are other matches to be played even if the situation is dramatic, you cannot show up with the same shirt as Pistoiese. That is, you change the cards and you say to the sponsor ‘this is a decisive match, we want to play with the purple jersey which is an extraordinary jersey,” he told the Numer1 podcast.
