When looking at Fiorentina from afar, good news is seemingly hard to find. For a club with a history as storied as theirs, Viola heroes such as Giancarlo Antognoni, Gabriel Batistuta and Manuel Rui Costa have never felt so far away. The club appear to be the living embodiment of Murphy’s Law; the owners are disillusioned with the city council over their bid to build a new stadium, their leading scorer of the last few seasons Alberto Gilardino hit an awful rut and has now moved on, and Riccardo Montolivo is winding down the last five months of his contract before he too heads for the exit.

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