Rocco Commisso takes stock of the Fiorentina market. The purple club president said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport: “What’s up with Chiesa? I don’t know. I’ll talk to the boy in the next few days. In due time I promised the father of the Church that I would leave him free in front of a just offer. Federico preferred not to take into consideration some requests that had arrived from abroad. I understand, this is the year of the European Championship and he wants to do well in Italy to convince coach Mancini. But he must remember that it is Fiorentina that brought him to where he is now and that he must do the right things. Those who want to buy reiterate that the evaluation of the players has dropped, but I say that that of the great players has not fallen. We’ll see”.
“Does Milan want Milenkovic? I’ve never talked to him about the possibility of leaving Fiorentina, I want to keep him because he’s a good guy and a great defender. Milan have a different ownership, but they are a strong ownership. He made some major corporate changes. I think Milan want to get back to the top. “
“I like Iachini. He finally has the chance to fight for a goal he has never fought for. His championship final opens up important horizons. Amrabat is very strong, it’s a pity that there won’t be against Torino. But in midfield we have Castrovilli, Bonaventura, Borja Valero, Duncan, Pulgar. As a former midfielder I know that this department is the heart of the team. Fiorentina have a nice heart. ”
“Market closed? If there are opportunities we will take advantage of them. Then, don’t forget that there will also be the winter market. My managers tell me that in winter there will be a very lively market.. Last year in January I bought Amrabat, Kouame, Cutrone, Duncan, Igor. With Kouame we risked because he was injured, but we brought a great striker to Florence. I’m not looking for a 20-goal striker, but I aim to score 40-50 with Kouame, Vlahovic, Cutrone, Ribery, even Chiesa. The first three are young and with great potential, they all have an extra year of experience “.
“The coronavirus pandemic has penalized the turnover of clubs, large and small. We all have to question ourselves: we owners and employees. Even the players must understand that they cannot continue to demand the same figures, the scenarios have changed and in general the ratings of the players are lower. Fiorentina must raise the turnover. I have always said that I would invest what was needed to build the infrastructures, which are outside the rules of financial fair play, but that I wasn’t coming to lose 50 million a year. I remember that no owner made a commitment to spend over € 300 million in his first year. And also Fiorentina is one hundred percent of my family, so it’s all my money. I would also like to add that some of the main Italian companies have a lot of debt, while up to now we do not owe the banks a euro “.
