Transfer news
Mario Gomez’s on-off move to Fiorentina appears to be back on again with Bayern Munich set to bow to the player’s wishes and accept a cut-price deal for the Germany international.
GettyImagesMario Gomez joined Bayern Munich from Stuttgart in 2009
Fiorentina cooled their interest in the forward late last week after making little to no progress in negotiations with the record German champions.
Treble-winners Bayern are reported to be asking in excess of €20 million for the 27-year-old, for whom the Viola have bid significantly less.
Bayern’s director of sport Matthias Sammer said the player would not be sold if their fee expectations were not matched, but with the player’s heart set on a move to Florence, a compromise may now be reached with Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge suggesting a transfer could be granted as a birthday gift for Gomez.
“We’ve got to find a solution for Mario,” he told Germany’s Bild newspaper. “He wants to be a regular, and that means playing always. I’m pretty optimistic that we will have a solution by the middle of the week.”
Gomez turns 28 on Wednesday and he may now be able to celebrate that with a move to Serie A, although Fiorentina are not the only club bidding for his services. With Edinson Cavani set to join PSG this week, Napoli are also on the lookout for a new striker and Gomez fits the bill for them, while they could also match Bayern’s asking price with the funds from Cavani’s sale.
However, Gomez has chosen Europa League participants Viola over the Champions League contenders.
“Mario wants to move to Fiorentina,” revealed Sammer to Sport1 television at the weekend. “Of all the offers we have received, Gomez has chosen Florence.”
