Fiorentina owner Andrea Della Valle warns that he must see some improvement in Paulo Sousa's side by Christmas.

The Viola have struggled this season and sit eighth in the Serie A standing after leaving it extremely late to secure victory over relegation strugglers Palermo on Sunday evening.

"Regarding a new stadium we are working on a project that will present in some style before Christmas or in mid-January to the citizenship," Della Valle told the Press after the game.

Fiorentina owner Andrea Della Valle warns that he must see some improvement in Paulo Sousa's side by Christmas.

The Viola have struggled this season and sit eighth in the Serie A standing after leaving it extremely late to secure victory over relegation strugglers Palermo on Sunday evening.

"Regarding a new stadium we are working on a project that will present in some style before Christmas or in mid-January to the citizenship," Della Valle told the Press after the game.

"Sousa? I know that things were sorted out with Corvino but not with me, no.

"Now I take these three points and I want to see the team higher up before Christmas.

"It’s too bad that we can’t go to Baku [for the match with Qarabag] with some of the youth team boys, we must gain a point to secure qualification."

What about exit rumours surrounding Federico Bernardeschi and Captain Gonzalo Rodriguez?

"Bernardeschi is a great player, I hope he will remain in Florence.

"Gonzalo Rodriguez? hope will finish his career with us, we are positive about this situation."

The Italian businessman then confirmed that legendary Captain Giancarlo Antognoni will return to the club in an official capacity.

"Antognoni will be back with us from January, jokingly I told him that he must begin to prepare himself but everything is ready.

"The relationship with Sousa is normal, there is a lot of respect between us. We have ways of clarifying this."

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