The heaviest transfer in this winter transfer window appeared in the early morning of January 29, Beijing time, when Vlahović, who had just turned 22, officially transferred from Fiorentina to Juventus, with a transfer fee of up to 81.6 million euros and a floating bonus of 10 million euros.
Vlahović has seen an explosion in the last two seasons, including 21 goals in 37 Serie A appearances in the 2020-21 season and 17 goals in 21 Serie A games since the start of the 2021-22 season.
Juve have scored only 34 goals after 23 rounds of Serie A this season, while strikers Dybala, Morata and Keane Jr. have scored 7, 5 and 3 respectively. In such a situation, in order to get the popular striker Vlahovic in Serie A, Juve finally made a big deal. Now with Juve, Serbian striker Vlahović will wear the number 7 shirt.
Fiorentina, which lost Vlahović, was quite fast, signing a new striker on the evening of January 29, Beijing time, bringing in 23-year-old Brazilian striker Cabral from The Swiss team Basel for a transfer fee of 14 million euros. Cabral became the new No. 9 in Fiorentina's squad.
Like many Brazilian players, Cabral left Brazil early for Europe, where his first stop was with the Swiss side Basel. In Basel, Cabral has been playing for two and a half seasons, making 106 appearances for the team, scoring 65 goals and 17 assists, scoring quite efficiently. Among them, since the start of the 2021-22 Swiss Premier League season, he has scored 14 goals in 18 appearances, temporarily ranking first in the top scorer list.
Although he previously played in the Swiss Premier League, Cabral still received the attention of the Brazilian national team manager with his high goal rate. In October 2021, Cabral was first called up by the Brazilian national team to replace injured Atletico striker Cunha, but so far Cabral has not made his debut for the Brazilian national team.
Moving from Basel to Fiorentina and from the Swiss Premier League to Serie A, Cabral came to a much broader platform. If Cabral can continue his previous high goal scoring rate in Basel, become a regular for the Brazilian national team, or even participate in the 2022 Qatar World Cup with Brazil, anything is possible.
Fiorentina's forward line has undergone a number of changes in this winter transfer window, with the exception of the signing of Brazilian striker Cabral, who had already brought in 26-year-old Polish striker Piatek from Hertha Berlin a few weeks ago.
Piatek has previously had a highlight moment in Serie A, and in the 2018-19 season, he made 37 appearances and scored 22 goals in his debut in Serie A, ranking third in the list of Top Scorers in Serie A, which can be described as a blockbuster. However, in the following seasons, Piatek's form plummeted, and he ushered in a career trough in AC Milan and Hertha Berlin. Finally, in January this year, the Polish striker came to Fiorentina on loan, hoping to get out of the trough and return to the style of the year.
Without Vlahović and the introduction of Piatek and Cabral, Fiorentina's forward line has undergone a reorganization. Fiorentina ushered in the new No. 9, Juve ushered in the new No. 7, and the effect of the arrival of new signings is left to be tested in the second half.