The former Catania head coach has gone on to state that he is grateful to the management of the club for not letting go of the talented Montenegrin international.
The young and talented star has always been linked with a move away from the Artemio Franchi outfit, and there have been many serious buyers of his services in European football. For the longest time, there was heavy interest from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, with Rafael
Benitez publically lauding the player and his abilities on a number of occasions.
Even domestically, he was linked with a move to Juventus, who tried to lure the Montenegrin star away from the club with the attraction of playing in the UEFA Champions League as well as being part of the defence for retaining their title as the Scudetto
holders.
Andrea Della Valle, president of the Viola outfit, persuaded the young star from moving to the Turin outfit, and reasoned with him the rationale behind staying at the Gigliati outfit. There was also interest from Manchester City, however, the player intended
on staying back at the club, and despite rumoured bids in excess of 30 million Euros, Fiorentina fought the urge to sell their prized asset.
And the club have benefited from keeping hold of their Montenegrin star and he has gone on to score crucial goals for the club in their opening matches.
Montella has praised the management as well as heaping plaudits on his star striker, and commented:
“Jovetic is an extraordinary player. He’s also a really ambitious player. I personally welcomed the decision of the club to keep him here with us.”
The former AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 caretaker boss went on to state on their progress in the transfer markets and the ambition he holds in the team. He went on to state that the fans of the Gigliati outfit are amazing, and remarked on the project he hopes to carry out, by
remarking:
“The idea was to create a team that could play good football and we needed players of talent for that. The fans are also close to us and we are happy with what we are achieving.”
Fiorentina currently have six points from their three encounters in the Serie A.
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