Fiorentina is planning a major rebuild, and it has set its sights on one of Europe’s brightest young coaches.
Fiorentina is one of the most well-known Italian football clubs. During the years at Fiorentina, different well-known players like Batistuta, Rui Costa, Mutu, Toni, Salah, and other important players have played.
Over the last couple of years, Fiorentina has achieved important results by reaching finals in European competitions and the Italian Cup. But this season, the club's situation has worsened, and the Italian team's results and performances haven’t been at the level fans and the club expected.
They started the season under Stefano Pioli with the objective of fighting for UEFA Champions League qualification, but things didn’t go as planned. The results weren’t coming, and the club was at the bottom of the league. For this reason, the club decided to fire Pioli and to hire Vanoli.
Under Vanoli, the results at the beginning didn’t come, but time after time, things started to go better, and the team's performances and results improved. The Italian team is still fighting for survival in the Serie A this season, but their hopes of staying in the league are very high, and they are also continuing their journey in Europe.
In January, the club hired a well-known figure in the football world, Fabio Paratici, as their new sporting director. The players are fighting on the pitch to finish the season in the best possible position for the club, while the club is also planning for the team's future.
They want to start a new project this summer and never experience the difficulties of this season. To achieve this, the club is considering different profiles for the new manager to start an important new project and bring Fiorentina back to the level the fans expect and deserve.
According to Tuttomercatoweb.com, Paratici is looking to bring to Fiorentina one of the youngest but most important managers in European football, the former Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca.
In the last couple of days, there has been an informal call between the sporting director of Fiorentina and Maresca, during which they spoke about the club, and Paratici explained to the Italian manager Fiorentina's project.
Maresca, in his last spell at Chelsea, achieved success, with the London club winning two cups and qualifying for the Champions League. Maresca is one of the most talented and important managers in Europe, and for Fiorentina, convincing Enzo to become their new manager would be a huge success.
The negotiations would be very difficult because the Italian manager's main intention is to stay in the Premier League and manage Manchester City, or, if returning to Italy, to manage an important team that would give him the opportunity to pursue major objectives, such as winning cups.