Fiorentina, Corvino: "If Badelj were to leave, he'd go to Roma. We'll offer him a contract extension though as we don't need to sell; this is also good for Chiesa"

Pantaleo Corvino, Fiorentina's director has given an interview to La Gazzetta hello Sport where he spoke about working with no large budgets like it could be the case for other teams: "If I think about my biggest investment being the 13m for Gilardino and the highest wages budget being when it was about 40m, you can understand how I had to work".

So many talents that have shined by the Viola, from Jovetic and Vucinic, to Miccoli, Pell§ and Lucarelli. A big regret though: "I remember bringing Vidal at 7:30 am to my house to close the deal, with my wife preparing coffee. Everything was stopped at the last moment and a few years after, I saw his agent again that told me "I have a package from Arturo for you". There was a Bayern jersey in it with "To the a**hole Corvino that didn't buy me" written.

About the current Fiorentina, one hot take is Milan Badelj's future as he's been given on his way out: "The sporting director Carlo Freitas and me have a great relationship with him and we'll offer him an extension offer but if he'd leave, he'd go to Roma. We don't need to sell anymore though; this is also worth for Chiesa. The Della Valle family loves Fiorentina and in the past they have been able to say to the sales of Toni or Mutu that seemed already done. Things have changed. At the beginning I found 40m debts and almost 70m for the wages budget, now the books are clean and the wages are about 38m. Our objective is to get back fighting for the Champions".