Football Season Guide

The summer 2019 will be remembered by Fiorentina supporters as one of big changes. In fact, they saw the departure of the Della Valle family after 15 years in command. They sold the club to an Italian-American entrepreneur Rocco Commisso, who promised a return among the top teams. Even though his return to Fiorentina at the end of the past campaign was far from impressive, they obtained just 2 draws in 7 games, Vincenzo Montella was confirmed at the helm. He will have to deal with a completely different squad, though. No less than 7 starters have left, being sold or having their loans from other clubs come to an end. While the likes of Lafont, Pjaca, Vitor Hugo and Gerson will not be missed, Veretout and Muriel were among the few who did well in the past campaign, together with Chiesa. While retaining the Italian international was by far the best move they could make, Fiorentina management rejuvenated the squad, while also injecting some experience into it. So, the young Dragowski, returning from a loan to Empoli, should be given a start in goal, while the promising Lirola and Rasmussen should be acting at right-back and centre-back respectively. Experience was added to the midfield where Badelj, back after a forgettable stint at Lazio, and Pulgar, who made his name at Bologna, will fill the holes left by the departed Veretout and Edimilson. Boateng is the sole new offensive player they have hired thus far, and this might be a problem, if Simeone fails to deliver as he did most of last season. Not too surprisingly, Fiorentina are still looking for depth in the midfield and for another forward.