Intesa reached by the Viola Club with Cagliari, it will sign one five years. Pioli so has more alternatives in attack

Collaborator

August 21 – 14:35 – Florence

The drafting of the documents is underway, while tomorrow or Saturday it will be time for medical examinations. Roberto Piccolo, however, is already virtually a Fiorentina footballer after the agreement reached with Cagliari: 27 million including bonuses and a percentage of 10% in favor of the Sardinian club in case of possible future resale. An expensive operation that, if all the bonuses were reached, would become the most burdensome in purple history by beating the spending (always on 27 million) incurred for Nico Gonzalez from Stuttgart in the summer of 2021. A record that Albert Gudmundsson could theoretically beat, but then the bonuses did not start and there was also the discount from Genoa at the time of the redemption. He will then try small to become the most expensive purple man ever. The player will sign a five -year contract.

for the trident

His arrival demonstrates the desire of the Rocco Commissioner club to invest again and to compete for increasingly important goals. Stefano Pioli also thought about raising the bar, who clearly spoke of the possibility of winning a trophy and also over time of a placement in the Champions League. For this he needs a as complete rose as possible and asked the managers another first tip with the characteristics similar to Moise Kean. Said-fact, even if the negotiation actually began even two months ago with the interest of the purple company and the continuous and constant contact with the agent Alessandro Lucci. Contacts that began even before Cagliari exercised the right of redemption (from Atalanta) he had on the player, then at the end of June. And if at first, Piccoli had been identified as an ideal man in case of Kean’s departure (during the 52 million termination clause) he was now purchased despite Moise’s stay because Pioli understood that another element was necessary in attack.

will have space

Born in 2001, it also best represents the will of Fiorentina to continue to focus on young Italians and to give as many men as possible to the national team. To the small purple, it has always liked as the player immediately gave his liking to the destination, even more when, during the summer preparation, Pioli decided to focus on the offensive trident. If Gudmundsson, Dzeko and Kean play together, it is clear that there was a need for another center forward capable of alternating with Moise and Edin without particular repercussions on the game principles and not even on the surrender. For this reason, the perfect profile was considered for characteristics, numbers and knowledge of the Serie A. with the 3-4-1-2 in which a midfielder and two points act, the former Cagliari striker understood that he would find space in the rotations between cups and championship. Florence is considered the ideal step for its growth and to establish itself definitively.

the numbers

Roberto Piccolo last year scored 12 goals, 10 of which in the championship, becoming the first Italian player born in the twenty -first century to go in double figures in a single Serie A season. Incisive also of the head has made with this mode 5 centers such as Mateo Rettegui and Lorenzo Lucca. The goals of the past season in Serie A are equally divided (5 and 5) between home and trip. Now his new home will be the Franchi and Stefano Pioli stadium awaits him as soon as possible at Viola Park to start explaining movements and mechanisms to insert him immediately in the game.



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