Skip to main content

Prandelli vows to stay at Fiorentina

"Cesare Prandelli communicates he intends to stay in Florence ... respecting the contract that binds him to the club (until 2011)," read a statement on the team's website.

His announcement appeared minutes after owner Diego Della Valle said in an open letter to fans that he was quitting his honorary role as president.

However, Della Valle's move does not seem to signal an intent to sell up, at least for the time being.

"I'm bitter," Prandelli told a news conference ahead of Sunday's 4-1 win over Udinese. "Reading Della Valle's comments ... they sound to me like a dismissal."

Follow FFT.com on Twitter
Join FFT.com on Facebook