Stefano Antonelli, agent and market expertspoke about the main themes of Fiorentina during his speech on Radio FirenzeViola: “I see many matches and the other teams also have declines. I think of Inter, who are doing well but on a couple of occasions I saw them in difficulty. Fiorentina is a great team and has an important club. They must remain humble, this It doesn’t mean not being ambitious. But there’s no team that starts out beaten, we saw it on Sunday with Cagliari, they want something important and I understand that, but we have to stay humble.”
How do you judge the Fiorentina squad, also in view of the January transfer window?
“The squad is quite complete. We need to understand if Beltran will make an even more important contribution up front. Kean exploded there, but we need a few more goals from the others, especially from Beltran. I feel like I can vouch for Gudmundsson, who will do that for which he was bought. Perhaps, numerically, an extra midfielder would be useful.”
Did you expect this performance from Cataldi?
“I know him well. I say it because I think it: they say that it is difficult to be a prophet in your homeland. At Lazio he was questioned, in Florence we are seeing the real Cataldi, that is, a leader. In the middle of the pitch he is an almost perfect metronome , a complete midfielder.”
You are part of Rolando Mandragora’s entourage: what are your thoughts on your season?
“He got hurt when Fiorentina found the right balance, before the injury he played practically all the time. Now he is slowly returning but with Palladino he will still find plenty of space.”
You are also the agent of Mattia Liberali, born in 2007 and the jewel of Milan’s youth team in which Fiorentina and Atalanta appear to be interested.
“When there is a talent like that it’s easy to talk about it. There are many teams, I read about Fiorentina and Atalanta about pure talent, this is pleasing. He has already demonstrated something, but let’s let him take a few more steps. In terms of characteristics he is a winger in attack, who plays between the lines, who starts on the right to come back on the left and is therefore a bit reminiscent of Foden. Everything is still open about his future, I can’t tell you that we have never spoken with Fiorentina with Liberals, but I imagine the Viola appreciate it.”
The full speech in the podcast