There is a gesture that, in these hours, has taken a back seat.
Maybe because we are caught up in the many market events.
But what this man did is to be applauded.
It brings us back to that romantic football that we are so fond of.
Yes, because there are those in football who chase the sound of gold, of money.
And then there are those who listen to the heartbeat.
He had a major offer on the table from the Premier League, from Nottingham Forest.
He could go.
He could choose the most convenient path.
But he decided to stay.
Stay in Florence.
Stay with Fiorentina.
Staying to fight, to suffer, to save a team that needed men first, then players.
Many others, in his place, would have run away.
He stayed.
Where many do the calculations, he made a heartfelt choice.
Saving Fiorentina has become his only mission.
He reminded everyone what it means to love a shirt: to be there when it’s difficult, not when it’s easy.
Florence does not forget those who really choose it.
And by choosing it, he became one of us.
Football needs great men like him.
