{"id":1268185,"date":"2022-07-06T18:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1268185"},"modified":"2022-07-06T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:40:02","slug":"florian-grillitsch-fiorentina-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/florian-grillitsch-fiorentina-transfer-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiorentina cancel plans to sign Austrian midfielder after “unpleasant talks” with his player’s father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fiorentina have decided against signing Austrian midfielder Florian Grillitsch after talks with his father took an unpleasant turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 26-year-old became a free agent this summer after wrapping up with Hoffenheim where he’d been since 2017, during a five-season association Grillitsch — who joined from Werder Bremen — made no fewer than 130 league appearances subsequently netting three goals and creating 11 more.<\/p>\n

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Grillitsch, a 33-time Austrian international, was identified by Serie A outfit Fiorentina as someone who could strengthen Vincenzo Italiano’s options in midfield. In the season just gone La Viola<\/em> finished seventh in Italy’s top division which meant they secured a Europa Conference League qualification spot.<\/p>\n

According to early reports, Fiorentina sporting director Daniele Prad\u00e9 met with his agent Kristian Bereit with a view to offering a four-year deal. In previous windows Grillitsch had been linked with Milan and Roma, just when a handshake was nearing the plug was pulled with the Italians citing poor behaviour from within Grillitsch’s camp.<\/p>\n\n

“We met with his representatives, we pursued him strongly because he is a player on a free transfer,” Prad\u00e9 told reporters.<\/p>\n

“But we didn’t like his father’s talk and demands. We want to decide who we work with. We are a very desirable club for agents.”<\/p>\n

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