Fiorentina Borrows Andrea Belotti From AS Roma

Fiorentina borrowed AS Roma forward Andrea Belotti. (X/@OfficillaASRoma)

JAKARTA - Fiorentina borrowed AS Roma forward Andrea Belotti until the end of the competition season. Belloti left Roma for a chance to play.

Belotti joined Fiorentina with a loan value of 750 thousand euros. The loan of this 30-year-old player for six months without any purchasing options.

Belotti decided to leave because of the lack of opportunity to enter the first team. When he was still being handled by Jose Mourinho, he rarely got fielded.

This season, Belotti has only started six times during his 14th playing in Serie A 2023/2024. In total, he played 68 times and scored 10 goals since joining Roma in 2022.

Mourinho relies more on Romelu Lukaku, who has a duet with Paulo Dybala. His removal, Lukaku, who was borrowed from Chelsea, was immediately checked.

The Belgian national team striker became Giallorossi's mainstay goal engine. Lukaku became the club's top scorer after collecting nine goals.

In addition to the duet, there are still veteran strikers, Stephan El Shaarawy, who became the first choice when the coach lowered the front line trident.

When played as a substitute, he several times decided Roma's victory.

This condition made it difficult for Belotti to get a place in the first team. The replacement of Roma coach from Mourinho to Daniele De Rossi did not seem to bring change.

Belotti only played 10 minutes when Roma won 2-1 over Verona. In the next match against Salernitana, he even sat on the bench.

Joining Fiorentina despite being a loan player opened Belotti's hopes of playing more in Italian League matches.

Coach Vincenzo Italiano can rely on Belotti after his unsatisfactory achievement of the Nzola Cup striker who was bought from Spezia for 12 million euros.

The Angolan national team striker failed to meet expectations. Nzola has scored just four goals from 30 La Viola matches in various competitions.

The arrival of Belotti will be Italyo's new mainstay. He has also been prepared to face Lecce in the domestic competition on February 2, 2024.