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Report: Luca Koleosho might actually be a thing
We’re a week away from the transfer window actually opening, which heralds the return of loanees to their parent clubs. In Fiorentina’s case, that means declining the purchase options for Manor Solomon and Jack Harrison (unless Fabio Paratici abruptly changes course). With Albert Guðmundsson edging toward the exit as well and Fabiano Parisi out until […]
Everybody and nobody is to blame for de Gea’s uncertain future
Fabio Paratici arrived with the stated purpose of trimming the roster. It makes sense for a team that’s dropped from European contender to relegation avoider. Without that 3rd competition, there aren’t enough minutes in the upcoming season for the whole squad to play. There also won’t be enough money to pay that whole squad. We […]
Here’s your all-Tuscan XI
Empoli missed the Serie B playoff. Those salt-hoarders from Pisa dissolved as if soaked in water and will join them in the second tier. That means Fiorentina will be the only Tuscan team in Serie A for the first time since 2020-2021. I’ll miss the intensity those games against the noisy neighbors offer but I […]
5 Sassuolo players Grosso could target for Fiorentina
One of the silliest parts about signing a new manager is trying to figure out which of their former players they’ll bring to the club. It’s important, the thinking goes, to have someone in the squad who knows the mister, how he’ll operate, and effectively serve as a liaison with the squad. Never mind that […]
2025-2026 loanee reports
It was a mixed bag for the guys plying their trade away from the friendly confines of the RBCVPetc this year. Some of them were fortunate to get away from Fiorentina, thus avoiding the sea of troubles that broke against the club all year; others were part of the problem and were shipped off to […]
Mercato Madness: Summer 2026
For the first time since Rocco Commisso bought Fiorentina in 2019, we’re heading into a season without Daniele Pradè helming the recruitment as sporting director. This will be Fabio Paratici’s first* mercato with the Viola and whoo boy does he have some work to do. Despite Paolo Vanoli heroically hauling the team back from the […]
2025-2026 in review: The strikers
Time to wrap up this remarkably depressing season overview with the most depressing positional group. At the start of the season, one might have thought that having Italy’s best striker, a €25 million center forward, and a genuine legend of the game would be more than enough for a functional attack. Nothing could’ve been further […]
Fiorentina season review: 2025-2026
Remember when Stefano Pioli was fuming that Max Allegri excluded the Viola from his preseason list of Champions League hopefuls? Feels like it happened the season after Beppe Iachini left town for good. What I’m saying is that this year was hellishly long for Fiorentina fans. I can’t imagine why you’d want to relive any […]
2025-2026 in review: The wingers
Given the formational shift Paolo Vanoli deployed halfway through the season, there’s an argument to be made that including a position group called “wingers” in this series misses the point. That’s fair enough but I’m sticking with it anyways and even tossing poor old Christan Kouamé into the mix since he was used as a […]
OFFICIAL: Fabio Grosso is Fiorentina’s new head coach
It’s been a while since the news leaked but now it’s official (pending the unofficial 23-day waiting period customary for World Cup winners): Fiorentina has hired Fabio Grosso as its new head coach. He’s signed a 2-year contract that will pay him €1.2 million a year with a club option for a third Grosso’s name […]
2025-2026 in review: The midfielders
Having hit the goalkeepers, centerbacks, and fullbacks, we progress to the midfielders (something Fiorentina rarely did this year). There was quite a bit of churn in the engine room so buckle in for a long and bumpy ride. To shorten it a touch, I’m skipping Amir Richardson (he’ll be on the loanee report) and Abdelhamid […]
OFFICIAL: Vanoli leaves Fiorentina
To nobody’s surprise, Fiorentina announced a few hours ago that the club has parted ways with Paolo Vanoli and his coaching staff, declining to pick up its option to keep him around for another year. The mister doesn’t have another job lined up as far as I know so he’ll have to sit and wait […]
Viola Station 100: Centennial podcast ahead of the centennial season
Hey, look at us. Who would’ve thought? Not me. We’ve hit the big 100! 100 episodes of laughter, sadness, and McMike’s esoteric 80’s references. There have been highs, there have been lows, but most of all there has been Fiorentina. In this special centennial episode we answer your questions and then we ask the questions […]
2025-2026 in review: The fullbacks
Dodô Developed a serious case of the yips early on and made a series of increasingly wacky mistakes but eventually steadied himself. Like everyone else on the team, he was worse this year than last year and, as one of the most important players, that’s partly on him. I’d still give more of the blame […]
2025-2026 in review: The centerbacks
After starting out with the goalkeepers, we’re moving forward to the centerbacks. Spoiler alert: it’s bad! Everything’s bad! Marin Pongračić The much-maligned defender started out this season much as he started out the last one. He switched off, made horrible passes, was curiously ineffective in the air, fouled needlessly, and was generally a mess. I […]
3 players from each relegated team that could help Fiorentina
To my astonishment as much as anyone’s, Fiorentina avoided the drop and, as a reward, gets to pick over the carcasses of the relegated teams—Cremonese, Hellas Verona, and Pisa—like everyone else. There’s always some talent in these generally talent-poor teams and it’s often available at a bargain but let’s not kid ourselves: if these rosters […]
2025-2026 in review: The Goalkeepers
To start off our positional reviews for this accursed season, it makes sense to go first to the men between the sticks. No further introductions. Let’s dive in. David de Gea The reigning Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year came into the season with a ton of goodwill but, like literally everyone else, didn’t do […]
Guessing how Paratici will evaluate the underachievers
Fiorentina was ass this year. I know it. You know it. The world knows it. Things started going ass in preseason and didn’t really stop. Paolo Vanoli did the unglamorous work of wrenching the club back to safety but even that process was wrought with assness. Fabio Paratici is thus left with the unenviable task […]
Report: Fabio Grosso will be Fiorentina’s new coach
Despite a couple improbably wins at the end of the year, we’ve always known that Paolo Vanoli’s time in Florence would expire this summer. According to just about everyone on the internet, Fiorentina’s working on the final details to bring current Sassuolo head coach Fabio Grosso on a 2-year deal with a club option for […]
OFFICIAL: Fiorentina renews Luca Lezzerini
With this excruciating season finally finished on an unexpectedly high note, Fiorentina can fully turn its attention to the transfer market. The first official move is about as minor as it could be: the club announced that it will trigger its option to extend Luca Lezzerini’s contract, keeping the goalkeeper in Florence until 2028. The […]
Lampredotto with the frenemy: Talking Juventus with Danny Penza
In the buildup to the least meaningful Juventus game in recent memory, I got a chance to catch up with old friend Danny Penza of Black & White & Read All Over, who is the only Bianconero this website actively likes. Here’s our conversation talking about how Notts County Junior’s been doing and what to […]
OFFICIAL: Fiorentina cancels Lamptey’s contract
Fiorentina’s squad for next season continues to take shape. After sorting out the futures of loanees Marco Brescianini, Giovanni Fabbian, and Daniele Rugani, the Viola announced today that the club has agreed to dissolve Tariq Lamptey’s contract, making him a free agent heading into the summer and whittling down a bloated squad just a bit […]
Brescianini, Fabbian, and Rugani’s futures decided
Fiorentina’s roster next year is as much a work-in-progress as the Stadio Artemio Franchi but, unlike the venerable stadium, we’ve received a bit of certainty on a few components. Having secured salvation with the most classic of biscotti against Genoa on Sunday, the Viola triggered the conditions to make the loans of Marco Brescianini and […]
Fiorentina 0-0 Genoa: Match report
Pre-match With neither Moise Kean (who was in the stands following his child’s birth) nor Roberto Piccoli fit, Paolo Vanoli finally did what the fans wanted and handed Priamvera star Riccardo Braschi his first start, leaving Albert Guðmundsson on the bench. Fabiano Parisi also returned to the XI for a game Fiorentina really needed a […]
Fiorentina vs Genoa: Preview
Three things to watch for 1. Urgency, please Fiorentina is all but safe for next year. There’s just one scenario in which it gets relegated: lose every remaining game while Cremonese wins every remaining game, and then lose the subsequent 2-legged relegation playoff final. Given that the Grigiorossi have won just 6 games this season […]
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