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Gattuso immediately became Fiorentina’s new coach after being fired by Napoli

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It didn’t take long for Gennaro Gattuso to get a new job after being fired by Napoli. He will train Fiorentina from next season.

The announcement was made on the official website of La Viola, Tuesday (25/5/2021) local time. Gattuso replaces the previous coach, Giuseppe Iachini.

The 43-year-old coach will start work on July 1. He is expected to be able to lift the performance of Dusan Vlahovic et al, who this season only finished 13th with 40 points.

“I believe Gattuso, a young but experienced coach, will help us move forward. His professionalism and personality background shows he will bring great determination, competence and passion to our club,” said Fiorentina President Rocco Commisso.

Gattuso was released by Napoli after failing to win a ticket to the Champions League next season. Partenopei only finished fifth in Serie A this season with 77 points, after being held to a 1-1 draw by Hellas Verona in the last week, Sunday (23/5).

Even though he managed to lead Napoli to the Coppa Italia championship last season, the dashing of hopes of playing in Europe’s highest competition next season made Gattuso lose his job.

Fiorentina is the third club in Serie A to use Gattuso’s services as allenatore. Before Napoli, he had coached Milan.

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