The thud made a noise. One defeat was enough to question everything. Iachini’s bench already wobbles, Chiesa, discussed and questionable captain against Sampdoria, at the center of the market and the company criticized for having reduced to the last dip on the market. In short, the purple black friday will leave a trail, unless tomorrow, on the last day of negotiations, Fiorentina does not strike a beat. Callejon is a great player, he has shots, goals in his blood and an excellent tactical sense. But he is 33 years old and alone cannot be enough to cover a possible transfer like that of the Church. Right here, however, there could be the sensational surprise: Fiorentina is still doubtful that Fiorentina can go through. Juve has not yet given up the redundancies and in addition, the multi-year payment formula is not convincing. In short, the hypothesis that the Church does not go where it would like to be resists. It will be a race against time, where everything is really possible. Church or not, this Fiorentina would need a high-level center forward and a great defender who does not oblige to play with Ceccherini when Pezzella is missing. Martinez Quarta, however, risks slipping into January (we’ll know today), while Milik remains a difficult operation, also because the player is still hesitating about moving to Florence. At this point, it is even more complicated to think of operations like De Paul or Boga, given that time is short and that those who give up should obviously find alternatives. Inside the club, however, there are those who swear that the shot is in the barrel, that a big signing will be announced on Monday. A few more hours and we will know, almost everything as known depends on the destiny of the Church.
In the meantime, however, it must also be said that what the company did this summer leaves some doubts. Not on the desire to grow or on Commisso’s good faith, but rather on how it came to wait for the last day before completing a team that is better than last year, but not yet enough to fight for ambitious goals.
The feeling is that there are too many currents of thought and that (idea of the stadium aside) there is a lack of clear planning on how to bring Fiorentina back up. Rocco’s confirmation of Beppe, while the managers contacted Juric and others, was the first signal, but even now there are those who row for Iachini and those who would like to change him, those who want the tip and those who think that the team that’s okay. The story of Chiesa’s armband is another perplexing story. An almost Juventus captain it is logical that for the Florentines it is smoke and mirrors, as it was not thought of before remains a mystery. The official version is that the choice was made by Iachini and so far the thing is obvious, since every coach is the undisputed leader in his own locker room. However, the fact that the fans asked for and obtained that Chiesa did not wear the Astori headband, makes it clear that the club too, in some way, put its mouth on the matter. And, therefore, how he underestimated the reaction of the people to see Chiesa captain while flirting with the Old Lady.
That said, Fiorentina certainly did not lose for the wing. The game, let’s face it, was a disaster. The forcing lasted twenty minutes, then Kouame’s sensational mistake (not the first of the young Ivorian in front of goal) clouded his ideas and lowered self-esteem. So for the modest Sampdoria it was enough to close the spaces and hurt on the counterattack to take the purple scalp, with Iachini agitated on the bench but unable to change the inertia of the game. Neither with the changes, nor with an alternative idea to the usual, stale 3-5-2, which leaves Chiesa too often far from the door and Amrabat, the flagship of a hitherto disappointing market, in a role not his. In short, Beppe has his faults and it is no coincidence that there are those who think of the usual suspects as coaches of the future. However, Sarri (and in the alternative Spalletti) remains a difficult dream to achieve, partly for the salary (6 million net), partly because at certain levels it is not enough to be Tuscan and a Fiorentina supporter to say yes. However, Iachini will have the opportunity to make up for it, provided of course that Covid does not take over the championship as it did this weekend. In fact, the alibi has it. At the beginning of the summer, the coach had asked for three things: the confirmation of the starting defense, the director and the striker. To date, he has had almost nothing of what he wanted, also because the bad luck knocked Pezzella out of action. Torreira in fact was dumped after taking Bonaventura (yet the roles are very different …), while in front, after trying – with poor results – with some big names, it was decided to focus on young people. A choice that has not paid off so far and that, on the contrary, risks leaving Fiorentina in the limbo of the championship.
Before taking stock, however, let’s wait for this thrilling Monday: Paratici, after placing Rugani, treats De Sciglio to Sevilla and will also try to sell Douglas Costa. Then, perhaps, Chiesa will be able to go together with his friend Bern. Or he will have to swallow the bitter morsel and stay here again, with the fans on a war footing. Precisely for this reason, a turnaround, a sensational nothingness, at this point does not seem desirable for anyone. The real challenge, as already mentioned even before Sampdoria, is to make Fiorentina stronger. Immediately. With or without Church.
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