Gomez, Serie A beating the competition at last

Gomez won 3 Geman League and 1 CL with Bayern

Mario Gomez recent signing made by Fiorentina has restored amongst Italy's football fans a sensation that seemed to be lost in time. A Serie A club had evenutally signed a player that other big european sides would have very much liked to buy. In other words, to use a very common (and perhaps abused) tag, this summer La Viola has bought a top player.

It is hard to deny that Gomez, recently crowned champion of Europe with Bayern, would not feature in any of the teams that made into the last eight of the Champions League this year. Not only for his scoring skills (he netted 75 times in his 125 appearances with Bayern, plus other 27 goals with the German national teams at all levels) but most importanly for his ability to create spaces for the team mates using his technique and physical strenght.

But yet Gomez was not going to find space under the new project lead by Pep Guardiola, who (after the bad experience he had with Ibrahimovic in 2010 at Barcelona) relies almost undoubtley on quicker and pacier forwards.
Gomez choice to join Fiorentina might raise more than one observers' eyebrows. Why such a top striker would be intrigued by the offer of a club that won't play in the next Champions League after missing the 3rd spot for just two points in AC Milan favour? As a matter of fact Fiorentina is not a title contender in Serie A and it is probably set to lose one (or maybe both) of its rising stars: Stevan Jovetic and Adem Ljajic.

Vincenzo Monella coached Roma, Catania and Fiorentina

However, as it has been unanimously recognised, Fiorentina has proposed the most attractive football of the entire Serie A last year, thanks to the input of the young coach Vincenzo Montella (former Roma striker) who sets his teams on an attacking minded 4-3-3 with great attention given to the possession and the movements without the ball. 
As a result, Fiorentina has been the second best attack of last year's Serie A (72 goals scored, just one less than Napoli) and, under this perspective, represents an ideal destination for a striker who makes the most in a team that can create many clear chances during a game.

Playing against organised defences, as only the Italian teams can build, and having to fight for a place in the next Champions could only benefit Gomez's development and make him stronger for the 2014 WC in Brasil.

Moreover Mario Gomez signing (20 millions euro) restores enthusiasm in a very passionate fan base like the Fiorentina one that dreams the big german guy will follow the trajectory of two of the greatest strikers who wore the purple shirt in the past : Gabriel Batistuta and Luca Toni.

Perhaps it is still early to say but for sure, with or withour Jovetic in this case, Serie A has found a new protagonist and a team that is willing to confirm itself, aiming for quality and entertaining football.