With Leicester City allegedly in talks to purchase Fiorentina winger Nico Gonzalez, Lorenzo Bettoni believes the Viola fans will accept the winger’s trade on one condition.
Vincenzo Italiano, the manager of Fiorentina, stated on Wednesday that talks of Nico Gonzalez potentially departing the Stadio Franchi in January are ‘just hearsay.’ The Argentine winger had an immediate impression in his first season in Serie A in 2021-22, scoring eight goals and assisting nine times in 39 games across all competitions.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Premier League club Leicester City has offered €34 million to sign the player in January. It might not be enough, given that the Tuscans paid €24 million to sign Nico from Stuttgart for the summer of 2021.
According to the most recent Italian rumors, the two teams are in talks, but reading Fiorentina fans’ reactions on social media, the notion of the transaction is pretty evident.
Most of them do not want Nico to go just one year after Dusan Vlahovic’s €80 million move to Juventus. They would tolerate a large-money sale provided the club reinvested the earnings in new acquisitions, which they believe hasn’t happened since Vlahovic’s departure to Turin.
Fiorentina signed Dodo from Shakhtar last summer, paying €14.5m, plus Rolando Mandragora from Juventus for €8.2m, Antonin Barak on loan with an option to buy from Hellas Verona for an initial fee of €1.4m, Pierluigi Gollini, on a €490,000 loan from Atalanta and Luka Jovic on a free transfer from Real Madrid.
A year ago, after Vlahovic’s transfer to the Allianz Stadium, they signed Arthur Cabral for €15.5m, Jonathan Ikone for €14.2m, and Krzysztof Piatek on a six-month loan deal.
Everyone knows Rocco Commisso’s commitment to the club and the city of Florence and his efforts and investments in the development of Fiorentina. The club will soon inaugurate a new training center which will cost more than €100m and, overall, Commisso has spent over €380m on the club.
However, Fiorentina fans don’t want to see Nico leave without a valuable replacement coming in. Cabral and Jovic have had ups and down in Florence and are not as prolific as Vlahovic was in Florence. Therefore, fans don’t want another downgrade on the wing after seeing their best player join their harshest rivals less than a year ago. They will only accept Nico’s sale if the club uses the money to invest in a big signing.
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