Fiorentina lose star trio
Tuesday 28 June, 2005
Fiorentina have been dealt a heavy blow after they failed to keep Fabrizio Miccoli, Enzo Maresca and Christian Obodo on Tuesday.
All three spent the last campaign at the Stadio Franchi in co-ownership deals, the first two with Juventus and the latter with Perugia.
Fiorentina were forced to enter a blind auction for the trio and lost out on all three, even if financial details of the moves have yet to be revealed.
Miccoli and Maresca, much to their discontent, are now totally owned by the Turin giants yet again.
However, it is unlikely that either player will remain at the Stadio Delle Alpi, with Miccoli being tipped to join Roma as part of the deal to sign Antonio Cassano.
"Fabrizio has loved all of the clubs he has played for," stated his agent Francesco Caliandro, who opened the door to a capital switch.
"He will also love his next team if there are the right conditions in place to do that. I think that Roma are a great club and my client has respect for them."
Obodo, one of Serie A’s best young midfielders, will return to Serie B side Perugia for now – even if he is likely to be targeted by a number of other top-flight sides.
Fiorentina have managed to keep Martin Jorgensen though. They outbid Udinese for the other half of the Danish winger.