Gird Your Loins, People: Freddie Might be Headed Our Way!
By: Martha | July 10th, 2007
No less authority than The Guardian (bow at its feet, if you please) is saying things this morning that make it sounds a hell of a lot like this Freddie Ljungberg-to-Fiorentina thing really might be happening.
Viola reps were in London yesterday for a formal meeting with Arsenal officials and, though the two teams are still about £1 million apart on a price, discussion are taking place, and it sounds as if there is some room for negotiation. At the moment, Fiorentina are reportedly offering “only” £5.5 million cash, but if the report that they’re willing to throw Valeri Bojinov in as well is true, that increases the value of the proposed deal in a huge way (their supposed asking price for him is over €10 million). When it comes to personal terms, the Viola would be willing to make Ljungberg their highest-paid player, but the £1.5 million/season he’d earn would nevertheless represent a significant salary cut for the Swede.
It’s been a crappy couple of years for Freddie in London, and if he’s finally healthy he’d certainly find more chances with Fiorentina than he would with Arsenal — one could certainly argue that, pay cut or not, it’s a move that might make sense for him. And, if reports at fierenzeviola.it (AKA my new favorite website) are to believed, the man himself agrees: They’re reporting the deal will be finalized later today. Be still my heart.
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