Italian Job

 FIORENTINA

DEEPDALE 15.00 20/7/2024

https://www.acffiorentina.com/en

MANAGER

Raffaele Palladino (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle pallaˈdiːno]; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of Serie A club Fiorentina.

Monza
Having coached Monza's youth sector since 2019,[16] Palladino was appointed head coach of their Primavera (under-19) team on 9 July 2021.[17] After having reached the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Campionato Primavera 2 (under-19) promotion play-offs, Monza renewed Palladino's contract for a further year in July 2022.[18]

On 13 September 2022, Palladino was promoted head coach of Monza's first team following the dismissal of Giovanni Stroppa,[16] with club CEO Adriano Galliani stating his appointment to be on a permanent basis.[19] On his debut, Palladino guided Monza to their first ever top flight win, defeating Serie A powerhouse Juventus 1–0.[20] He was nominated Serie A Coach of the Month for April 2023.[21] After having led Monza to avoid relegation six matchdays in advance, on 2 June 2023, he renewed with Monza for a further season.[22]

Fiorentina
On 4 June 2024, Palladino was appointed head coach of Serie A side Fiorentina on a two-year contract.[23]





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MACS VIEW

Today we haave just lost a behind closed doors friendly to Tranmere, which should put us in good stead for a clash with Italian giants Firoentina who will be playing three games on their tour as well as us they play Bolton on Friday night and finish up at Hull
Looking forward to this and the first chorus of Lowe Out this season.
Apparently another two signings are in the pipeline, let's hope it's not sealed off before the start of the season, my season begins with this Match 1