A tip from Ibrahimovic: Vlahovic is the Serbian jewel

For years, the bosses in the AC Florence hoped the return to the series A-top group - after all, the last title winnings (Coppa-Italia Success 2001, two championships 1956 and 1969) are already far back. And internationally, the Tuscan since the Champions League Participation 2009/10 (eighth-final-out of Bayern Munich) and the Europa League performance in 2016/17 (partitions from Gladbach) were often rather rather than rather.

One of the main reasons for this: The Fiorentino breaks the most important pillars and again the most important pillars, because last not the many invested millions of owners Rocco B. Commisso have helped (since 2019 in office). Equipped or promising talents are always susceptible - most recently in particular the years of Hope Federico Chiesa. The European champion of this summer has been training since 2007 by Viola and make a professional before he followed the Lock of Rekordmeister Juventus last year.

But currently a small trendy seems to have been brought here: players such as defensive Nikola Milenkovic (23, since 2017), Gaetano Castrovilli (24, since 2019) or Erick Pulgar (27, since 2019), while promising actors like the Stuttgart came to Nicolas Gonzalez (23) or Riccardo Sottil (22) have been obliged.

Heart decision: The star also remains

The largest performance of the Florenter sports directors but it was to keep Dusan Vlahovic. The striker came from the Serbian Top Club Partizan Belgrade was played in the hearts of the fans within a very short time, is now already at stately 30 hits in 81 Series-A games. In this season alone, there have been three goals in so far only four inserts - which is at the same time a main reason why the Fiorentina is close to the top group in Italy s Oberhaus with nine points.

And it was not easy for the AC bosses to continue to tie this gem. Because this summer was the interest in hearing after huge, especially Spain s champion Atletico Madrid has been a burning for the attacker. Above all, a power of multimillionaire commisso should have set a final line under the speculations.

The player himself has obviously accepted that, continues to play with a passion for the proud club from Tuscany - and visibly enjoys how the euphoric fans celebrate him as hero. In conversation with Dazn , Vlahovic has now betrayed that it was a heart decision to have decided on a whereabout in Florence - and that everyone is ahead of coach Vincenzo Italiano one of the main reasons . He wanted to develop here with his only 21 years and write with the club successes - along with his two best Serb friends Milenkovic and Aleksa Terzic (came from Empoli this summer).

The story with Ibra and the speechless Vlahovic

And on: I really like it in Florence, here I came up very well - and since then it s my second home. Besides, I mean that people from the Balkans decide things more with their heads than with their heads. So that was now too with me.

But his head has always helped him - for example, if he has once made his role models Stevan Jovetic (breakthrough once at Partizan, now watched at Hertha BSC) or Francesco Totti. His biggest idol but is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Milan Star has a stone in the board at Vlahovic: His character is about everything. He has lost anyone of anyone. And when we lost 2: 3 in the last season 2: 3 against Milan I have used the chance and asked him for his jersey - because I thought, after the victory against us he certainly is not angry. He even signed, we have taken a picture - and has a dedication even in our language written ... he told me that I go on and never should give up. Vlahovic itself was rather shy, had hardly published a word: I m not very good in speech when I meet an idol.