A brilliant and cynical Fiorentina led by Montella, defeated Catania 2-0, he coached until a few months ago, thanks to the brilliance Jovetic, who scored his 4th goal this season and the return of Toni, who scored after 60 seconds of coming on. This return had been awaited for years and was greatly supported by Montella, warming the hearts of the Tuscan fans.

ACF Fiorentina have signed 2006 World Cup winner Luca Toni in the last hours of the Serie A trading. The Tuscan team was looking for a new striker and the 35-year-old centre-forward was available on a free transfer. Toni, also linked with Spanish club Malaga this summer, recently left Al Nasr following his 2012 January switch from Juventus.

Juventus have jumped into pole position to buy Dimitar Berbatov from Manchester United, following Fiorentina earlier agreeing a fee with the Red Devils for the Bulgarian striker. Berbatov, who had flown to Munich to then catch an onward flight to Florence, did not make his connection and instead has remained in Germany while Juventus bid to agree a deal with Manchester United.

Fiorentina used two goals from Stevan Jovetic to open the season with a 2-1 winning start against a weakened Udinese at the Artemio Franchi stadium in the firs saturday match of the Italian Serie A. Another good news for the city of Florence is after the match, Fiorentina co-owner Andrea Della Valle confirmed that Jovetic will not be sold in the current transfer window.

ACF Fiorentina signed Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui on Wednesday for an undisclosed fee, while terminating the contract of midfielder Houssine Kharja. El Hamdaoui, 27, was a regular in the Ajax side under former manager Martin Jol, but he found himself on the sidelines after a dispute with manager Frank de Boer.

Fiorentina has hired Vincenzo Montella as coach on a two-year contract to replace Delio Rossi, who was fired last month for hitting midfielder Adem Ljajic during a Serie A match. “Jovetic is an incredible player, of the highest level, and I hope I will be able to Coach him,” he said at his unveiling. “I’ll speak to everyone though, as I need to see if certain players are motivated and ready to stay.”

ACF Fiorentina wishes to announce that, in agreement with the director, Pantaleo Corvino’s contract as technical and sporting director will not be renewed once it expires. Fiorentina announces that the first team will stay in Montecatini from Tuesday 20 March until departing for Liguria ahead of next Sunday’s Serie A match against Genoa, in order to find the maximum concentration to prepare properly for the game.

ACF Fiorentina player Stefan Jovetic was subjected in Augsburg to a follow-up examination to his knee by Prof. U. Boenisch, who also operated the player. ACF Fiorentina player Stefan Jovetic was subjected in Augsburg to a follow-up examination to his knee by Prof. U. Boenisch, who also operated the player.

The match Bologna – Fiorentina that should have taken place tonight at 8.45 at the Stadium Dall’Ara in Bologna and valid for MatchDay 21 of Serie A has been postponed to a later date because of bad weather.

ACF Fiorentina secured another signing of the January “transfer winter window” with the addition of Rubén Ariel Olivera da Rosa from Lecce. The attacking midfielder joins the Viola on a deal that runs until June 2014. Probably, he will play tomorrow in the game vs Bologna FC.