Fiorentina braced for bid from Chelsea for star man
Fiorentina are bracing themselves for a formal offer from an unnamed Premier League club - believed to be Chelsea - for star man Stevan Jovetic, according to reports in Italy.
The 22-year-old was Fiorentina's top scorer having hit 14 goals in 27 appearances but could not inspire the side to anything better than a 13th-place finish in Serie A.
The Italian side have battled hard to hang on to their prize asset but it appears they are now ready to cash in.
Behrami eyes Italy return
Swiss international midfielder Valon Behrami is all set to quit West Ham United and return to the Serie A. AS Roma and Fiorentina have shown interest signing the 25-year old. Behrami moved to West Ham from Lazio in 2008. His time at West Ham has been marred by injuries and he has failed to settle into the English game.
AS Roma have been keeping tabs on Valon for a long time. Claudio Ranieri has been trying to take him to Roma since summer, but he has had to work under a lot of financial constraints. Ranieri needs to sell before he buys. The sale of Julio Baptista to Malaga has helped raise £2 million. West Ham are looking for a fee of £4.5 million for Behrami. Ranieri is willing to listen to offers for Philippe Mexes, David Pizarro, Matteo Brighi, Stefano Okaka as he looks to raise money to reshape his squad.
Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Fiorentina have no such financial constraints and are better placed to hijack Behrami’s Roma move. Fiorentina can do business upfront for a permanent deal whereas Roma would be interested in a loan move.
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Fiorentina Sign Defenders
Fiorentina have completed the signings of Juan Manuel Vargas and Gianluca Comotto. The defenders were brought in to aid the teams challenge to qualify for the Champions League group stage. Vargas was reportedly interesting some of the bigger teams in Europe such as Manchester United and Real Madrid. He was happy however to sign for Fiorentina and have a first team place guaranteed. Gianluca Comotto will return to the Viola after already having spent a disappointing 6 month spell on loan earlier in his career. He said “Now i want o show Fiorentina supporters who is the real Comotto”.