Fiorentina has announced an upcoming trial for American high school playmaker David Alton Story (Italian): http://www.calcionews24.com/fiorentina-seguito-david-alton-presto-in-prova.html His page on MaxPreps: http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/BESIVg9c1EiJb0vLWTDCOw/soccer-winter-08-09/profile-david-alton.htm
He's in high-school-- is he 18? Does he have an EU passport? Some pretty big hurdles to cross even if Fiorentina think he's that much better than all of the local youth they trial. Still-- best of luck to David. I hope he really wows them.
Translated from the original source article at Calciomercato.com: Fiorentina: trial for U.S. youth Alton? The news came yesterday by means of Lady Radio on the part of Fiorentina's sporting director Pantaleo Corvino. In a long interview covering their youth system - fresh off of a win for their Primavera team in the Super Cup - he announced that in the U.S. the "viola model" is being studied, and that soon an American player will arrive in Florence. The indications received from contact between the USA and Fiorentina point to David Alton, a young American talent from Sunnyslope High School born in 1993. Alton is an attacking midfielder/second forward, agile and very fast, who has already received numerous scholarship offers from important colleges all over the country. However, he prefers to have an experience in Italy, after having already been followed by Ajax. http://www.calciomercato.com/mercato/fiorentina-david-alton-in-prova-541722
He now plays for Colorado State University-Pueblo. http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/bios/alton_david_dsfr @Friedel'sAccent @bungadiri This thread can be closed.