A captain's armband or not, Federico Chiesa will not stay long at Fiorentina as he looks set to leave the viola club at the end of the season.
After a troubled year that is imploding on itself, first with the farewell to Pioli, now with the rift between the club and the fans. There is a climate of tension that does nothing to convince players to stay in Florence, not even those who, like the Chiesa, is strongly tied to the colours of purple.
Chiesa is, therefore, ready to leave Fiorentina but to do so on two conditions. The first is staying in Italy, a league that he feels he knows and feels good in. The second is to leave Florence with a smile, rewarding the purple club for believing in him and giving the management an indispensable offer.
Two conditions that restrict the circle of possible destinations to a few clubs, probably only to Inter and Juventus.
Juventus has been working for over a year to try to find an agreement and according to Tuttosport has already presented a draft offer to him and to Fiorentina. 50 million plus the Orsolini (who must be convinced) for an overall assessment of 70 million and a five-year deal.
lifetime
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The better move for him, if the priority is to actually improve (and not money or winning in the short term), is to go where there is a coach who is a good teacher. The aspect that he needs to improve the most is his head if he wants to become a complete player and fulfill his potential. What I mean by that is that he needs to learn to play with his head held high, learn to observe what happens around him and reason and change the decision he took if that's necessary. If you watch him play you can see he always commit to a decision and then run looking at the ground; he has very good instincts, which have become part of the hindrance in his growth because he relies on them too much: he needs to acquire the capacity to think and determine if the best course of action is still the one he took before. He has the pace, agility and technique required to swith his course of action if he starts learning to play that way. He has played most under Pioli who uses a very vertical style of play which exalted his current strenghts, he now needs someone who is willing to teach him how to improve his weaknesses, mainly this one. And it would probably take some time, so a club with good stability that backs its coaches for long is the best suited.
Lidroids
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I think he can be a top player, but he needs to make a right move, moving from Fiorentina to a top club, like Juve or Bayern would be mistake. I think it would be smart for him to step up one level, not 2 or 3.