Edoardo Bove is having his medical in England with Watford on Monday afternoon, which is the ultimate step earlier than he formally joins the Hornets on a free switch, simply over a 12 months after he suffered a cardiac arrest whereas on mortgage with Fiorentina.
Bove one step away from finishing Watford transfer
Bove is all set to return to skilled soccer simply over a 12 months after between Fiorentina and Inter on the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
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The 23-year-old, who had been on mortgage at Fiorentina from Roma on the time, collapsed on the pitch within the early levels of the Serie A match towards Inter and was instantly rushed to hospital. It was later confirmed that his coronary heart had stopped beating, which led to his having an inside defibrillator gadget fitted.
FLORENCE, ITALY – DECEMBER 1: Edoardo Bove of ACF Fiorentina is taken by ambulance throughout the Serie A match between Fiorentina and FC Internazionale at Stadio Artemio Franchi on December 1, 2024 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
Beneath Italian guidelines, Bove will not be permitted to play professionally in Italy whereas the defibrillator is fitted. This doesn’t stop him from p[laying in varied nations overseas, together with within the UK. It’s a comparable scenario to the one which noticed Christian Eriksen go away Inter to affix Brentford after struggling a cardiac arrest with Denmark at EURO 2020.
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It has been an extended 12 months for Bove, who returned to his guardian membership Roma, however has been unable to end up for the Giallorossi since then.
Final week, Bove formally which suggests that he’s now obtainable to signal for a brand new membership on a free switch.
Edoardo Bove of ACF Fiorentina seems on throughout the Serie A match between Empoli and Fiorentina at Stadio Carlo Castellani on September 29, 2024 in Empoli, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
Studies in Italy and the UK point out that he’s now near formally finishing his switch to Watford. He’s present process a medical on Monday, and is about to affix the Hornets on an preliminary six-month contract till the top of the 2025-26 season, with a possible long-term possibility to increase.
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Based on varied retailers, together with the , Italy worldwide and Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori, a detailed private pal, has performed a key function in convincing Bove to affix Watford. Arsenal and Watford’s coaching services are subsequent door to one another.
Watford’s sporting director, former Serie A journeyman Valon Behrami, has admitted that Bove is a ‘critical possibility’ for Watford, that he may doubtlessly be a ‘£25m participant’ and that he’s adequate to play for ‘any Premier League staff’.