TMW EXCLUSIVE – Florence dreams with Ikoné, the ag. reveals the background: “It started in November”
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It wasn’t tonight, his night. Because there was no game. The Covid emergency has brought the match between Fiorentina and Udinese up to the postponement but in Florence the wait is strong to discover the shots and touches of Jonathan Iconé. Coming from Lille, he was the great addition to the Viola attack, he before Krzysztof Piatek. Fiorentina as queen of the market in this first part of the winter session, Tuttomercatoweb.com interviewed exclusively Marco Busiello which represents the French who arrived in Florence from France. To find out all the background of the transfer.
We start from afar. From the dawn of an operation that makes Florence dream.
“The operation started in early November. Fiorentina had been on the boy for some time, since last summer: he marries the Italian game. Playing with the three in front, he is a perfect one for that tactical attitude”.
And how did it go, in that beginning?
“There was a meeting in Florence between me, my partner Bara, Barone and Pradè. They pushed hard to get the boy and so it was”.
There were others besides Fiorentina.
“Technically many people liked him: he is young, he must be framed in a precise discourse. In Serie A he is closely linked to tactics, it is never easy readers who tactically are considered ‘not very disciplined’. We spoke to Milan, there were Leipzig, Dortmund, Wolfsburg. He chose Florence because it fascinates him: it gives him more guarantees of growth and space, of being able to play. “
What impact will your notice have?
“It is a real purchase: then it is always to be seen how he will settle down. He is young and will need his time, but technically he is really strong”.
Have you ever feared that the deal would not go through?
“We found an agreement with Fiorentina practically immediately: I and Andy Bara of Niagara Sport, together with Paolo Busardò and GG11, we found an agreement and with Fiorentina and from there it was easy to work. They are available people, there was a desire to find a quick agreement: then the negotiation between Viola and Lille was more complex also because the figures are important. from the beginning”.