📋 The Purple Dynamos: Season 2 Squad Overview
With the Saudi money pending and the wage bill slashed, here is the official Fiorentina squad list for the title run-in.
The First XI (Purple Thunder)
- GK: Elia Caprile ⏳ (Replacing the Saudi-bound Svilar)
- RB: Marc Pubill
- CB: Pietro Comuzzo (Locked down on a new contract)
- CB: Marc Guéhi
- LB: Fabiano Parisi
- CM: Rolando Mandragora
- CM: Vitaly Janelt
- RW: Albert Guðmundsson (Cured of homesickness)
- CAM: Nicolò Fagioli
- LW: Ben Doak (Currently serving a suspension for assault)
- ST: Pio Esposito (Serie A Top Scorer)
The Substitutes Bench (The Depth)
Luca Lezzerini (GK), Cristhian Mosquera ⏳ (CB), Pascal Klemens (CB/DM), Luca Ranieri (CB/LB), Robin Gosens (LB), Amir Richardson (CM), Fabio Miretti ⏳ (CM), Álvaro Fidalgo (CM/CAM), Valentín Carboni (CAM), Simone Pafundi (CAM), Riccardo Sottil (LW), Giovanni Simeone (ST), Ciro Immobile ⏳ (ST – The Ultimate Spite Signing).
🏛️ The Bedrock of the Purple Palace
While the headlines this season have been dominated by £30m Scottish prodigies, Saudi ultimatums, and proxy wars, a word must be said for the stalwarts. They are the bedrock around which I am building this Purple Palace:
- Luca Lezzerini: The ultimate professional backup.
- Pietro Comuzzo & Luca Ranieri: The homegrown heart of the defence. I fought off bids, handed out bumper contracts, and they have repaid me.
- Fabiano Parisi & Robin Gosens: The kings of the left flank.
- Rolando Mandragora: My vice-captain. When the bids came in, he looked at my sheer panic and chose loyalty over a transfer request.
- Nicolò Fagioli: The Swiss Army knife pulling the strings.
- Albert Guðmundsson: The greatest redemption arc in Florence.
Honourable Mentions:
David De Gea (rode off into the Tuscan sunset with a trophy), Harry Maguire (£4.3m of pure, slab-headed security), and Edin Džeko (the ultimate veteran professional).
Dishonourable Mentions:
Moise Kean (Zero goals, maximum ego) and Jacopo Fazzini (The ghost of the reserves who cost £3m to fumigate).
The squad is set. The deadwood is gone. The palace is built. Now, we go for the crown.