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GO TO NEGOTIATION WITH SASSUOLO, PLAYER OK. REOPENING FOR MAYORAL. WITH THESE TWO SHOTS, GO TO VLAHOVIC IN JANUARY. ITALIAN IS THE PURPLE TOP PLAYER

Berardi and Mayoral, the right match to replace Vlahovic and, all in all, make a stronger Fiorentina.

It’s this one in a nutshell, Fiorentina’s strategy that we revealed to you a month ago and is now strongly recovering after doubts, questions, braking, obstacles, and a few stops as often happens in negotiations.

Mostly Berardi is back on top of Commisso’s thoughts. He is the player always wanted, the only name made by Italian and the only one (I add) capable of changing the face of Fiorentina’s attack in terms of goals and assists. The general agreement with the player has existed for some time, the proposal of five-year contract for 3.6 million in principle it had already been accepted and confirmed even after the recent change of proxy. Indeed, just the arrival of the new manager to look after the player’s interests has the precise meaning of breaking with the past and insist with Sassuolo in wanting to leave as early as January.

The obstacle in the summer had been Sassuolo which, beyond the large amount requested (thirty million), which was no small obstacle, had held back the negotiations for fear of not finding a replacement a few days before the end of the market.

Today the scenario is changing and the two companies resumed dialogue to find a solution quickly. Joe Barone got caught in Sassuolo last Sunday and certainly did not go to see Cagliari, but to deal directly, beyond the intermediaries, to discover the cards to the end and clear the way of the obstacles that still exist. Talking helps a lot and, it must be said, that too Pradè has always had an excellent relationship with Carnevali and the Emilian DG is working alongside.

On what basis are we reasoning?

The Sassuolo would even have raised the demand from 30 to 35 million, but the decision to invest is made.

In Fiorentina, after hesitating and thinking about the boy’s age (27 years), the high cost and the various depreciation to be made, the idea prevailed that with Berardi you can change pace immediately. He is Italian as Rocco wants, he is a national champion of Europe, he has always played outside with technical players such as the viola coach, he knows the movements, he has impressive numbers in terms of goals-assists-games played.

A sacrifice on a name like this can be worth it to grow right away.

According to what filters, in order to amortize the investment, one thinks above all on the terms of payment extensions and on the possible counterparts. The idea of ​​including Sottil in the deal is no longer far-fetched. Fiorentina believes in the boy, but Sassuolo strongly wants him and could also be the right team to make him make the last step of growth, perhaps leaving space and future percentages.

In any case even Sottil will no longer be a prejudicial one, there is a wide-ranging reasoning, the important thing is that there is a willingness to speak in order to do everything possible to find an agreement. Sassuolo have also understood that they cannot insist on tying up their captain, the ambition is justified. The times are ripe. And as we have told you many times, Berardi wants an important but intermediate place like Fiorentina. He wants to play the starter, not end up in the turnover. And he likes to go to a square where good and technical players are exalted, he wants to feel like a leader. In this, for sure, his friend Benassi recommended it who knows what Florence means.

However it is not said that it will close tomorrow, many boxes will have to go in their place. Fundamental, I repeat, is the fact that Rocco Commisso has given the green light to an investment of such magnitude that until a week ago it raised perplexity. And Barone immediately rushed to Sassuolo to close the conversation.

Meantime the Mayoral runway has reopened. Last Monday we reported to you of a rupture between the parties, even a rather clear one. But telling you that the player comes to Florence willingly and as in all negotiations there are ups and downs. Said and done.

A few days of reflection was enough for the player’s entourage and for Real Madrid to understand that perhaps Florence can really be the optimal solution for everyone. So the obstacle of immediate purchase seems to have fallen, we are thinking about June and about a redemption obligation based on some performance parameters. Borja wants to play again, the Roman situation has become unbearable, he prefers to stay in Italy and he likes Fiorentina’s game.

Close close?

I do not widen. It remains the contract to be defined on two million plus bonuses (currently earns three million net, Real could intervene), but it goes back to the situation two weeks ago when we gave the deal more than possible. We see.

Why did Fiorentina decide to tighten up on these important names?

For two reasons that match: technical and economic.

The combined salary of these two players is almost the one (slightly more) that was proposed to Vlahovic. If we put in the two million that Fiorentina will save with the now decided sale of Kokorin, the income statement does not jump.

From a technical point of view, an attack Berardi-Mayoral-Gonzalez is scary stuff. It is true that Vlahovic is one of the strongest center forwards in Europe, but given that he has long since decided to leave and there is no room to hold him back, replacing him in this way would not only cushion his departure, but in the end the game purple attack could become more fluid, also raising the sense of goal. Not to mention that all three of these forwards know how to play the two phases of the game like few others.

All this suggests that the Fiorentina have realized that Vlahovic wants to leave in January. The offers are coming and if his prosecutors are not found for now, sooner or later their strategy will be understood and they will have to come out into the open.

But even if Dusan were to stay, the chances of arriving in Europe with two grafts like this would rise. Berardi would be the superior quality right fielder that is missing today, Mayoral a strong alternative. And with Mayoral in the squad, you never see that if the obstruction of Vlahovic’s prosecutors continues, Rocco could also make strong decisions.

As Trapattoni said “Don’t say cat if you don’t have it in the bag”, but only the idea that there are great possibilities to close these two deals must make it clear that Rocco always has strong ambitions and Fiorentina has understood that the famous bar can be raised immediately.

But also the other names intertwined by prosecutors and intermediaries in recent weeks have not been abandoned. Orsolini is always under observation, Gyasi a chance if Sottil were to end up in Sassuolo in the Berardi affair, to give Italian the fifth foreigner he has been looking for since the summer. But also beware of would make who does not play in Cagliari and did very well with Italian. If the big names arrive, however, it could be an effective element in pink and low cost, another possible “famous fifth”.

However, the negotiations carried out will soon have the president’s stamp Commisso that arrives in Florence well in advance of forecasts, not even in early December as I wrote to you, even it seems next Sunday. Waiting for confirmation of flight plans and Covid controls.

Precisely the early arrival of Rocco had already hinted at the desire to be ready on the January market because this team amuses the president, the ranking authorizes ambitious programs and the victory over Milan has raised the adrenaline.

Italian is the top player in this situation. I remember the skepticism of many last summer. Those who had seen him work and those who had followed him closely like myself had no doubts. I said it then and now that everyone arrives I repeat it: I found in Italian many of the things I saw in coaches I followed like Sacchi and Conte. It is a mix of healthy mania, intensity, perfectionism, ambition and passion. Coach, but also psychologist. I don’t know where it will go, but it is laying very serious foundations. If you think that he worked in La Spezia for two years and only thirteen games have passed here, the team can only improve. And in fact he improves from race to race in his movements, in being on the field, even in his personality. With the game at the center of your work, you are less aware of the lack of the best and this is the real miracle. Penalty to the decimated defense on Saturday. Nobody noticed.

And players like Saponara O Duncan scrapped a year ago, now they are protagonists. Just to name two.

After the same games this team has ten points more than last year and also on Saturday with Milan on the pitch there were nine players among those who barely saved themselves. In the end there were forty points suffered, now they are already 21 after having faced all seven sisters in the championship. Need to add more?

Yes, one thing: if Rocco decides to invest in the names we have made (Berardi above all) it will be really fun.

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