In 10.000 al Franchi per l'allenamento della ACF Fiorentina e la squadra ringrazia formando un grande cuore viola the fans are really behind the team nice to see.
That's going to be huge if someone (cough cough madrid cough) decides to get an aging Marcelo replacement soon.
Mati Fernandez has officially prolonged his contract through 2018. Marcos Alonso has officially prolonged his contract through 2021.
I want him to stay but not if he's going to be stuck on the bench. He needs playing time and our squad is aiming big this season which doesn't leave much room for Rossi to get his sharpness back. It sucks but I think loaning him out without a buyout clause would be a good thing
Following up: football-italia.net have fuelled rumours about Lopez to us. His twitter account has had a couple of cryptic tweets saying thanks to all the fans for all their support etc. LabaroViola have said that Prade has been in Portugal after meeting with Benfica etc. The gemallaggio between the two clubs is a factor.
Our gemellagio is with Sporting Lisbon, Benfica's rival. I think Rui Costa might have a position in the club, though.
Zarate is a done deal, supposedly. 2M to West Ham, contract through 2018 for Zarate. http://www.fiorentina.it/it/news/ar...lioni-al-west-ham-contratto-fino-al-2018.html
He went to England so he was dead to me, for all intents and purposes. He's only 28, though. His ma is calabrese.
And Torino, Verona, Sporting, Aston Villa (or West Ham, they all wear the same effing colors over there so...).
I think one of the first ones though was with Catanzaro. A fan came up from Calabria and sat in the middle of the Curva Fiesole at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in a Fiorentina- Catanzaro match and started cheering on his team. The Viola fans thought he was simpatico and had a lot of guts so they started in on a gemellagio with that club.....