Fiorentina are increasingly unlikely to trigger the purchase option in Patrick Cutrone’s contract after the Wolverhampton Wanderers loanee struggled to make an impression in a rare start, according to Calciomercato.
It’s only two or three years ago that this Italy international was being labelled as the future of AC Milan, not to mention the rightful heir to that legendary number nine shirt.
These days, a man who fired home 18 goals for the Rossoneri during that stunning breakthrough season in 2017/18 looks incapable of hitting a barndoor with the proverbial banjo at a Fiorentina side who are the very definition of mid-table mediocrity right now.
Cutrone has played just 83 minutes of football across five Serie A games this season and wasted a glorious chance to make his mark during a rare start in the Coppa Italia clash with Padova on Wednesday night.
Quite literally in fact.
Twice Cutrone failed to find the back of the net from close range and it was no surprise when he was hauled off just after the hour mark.
According to Calciomercato, any hope he had of turning that loan deal into a permanent transfer might have just gone up in smoke.
Fiorentina have the option to sign Cutrone on a full-time basis for £16 million but, right now, the chances of that happening look as slim as can be (Football Italia).
Wolves might soon be forced to reacquaint themselves with a man who lasted just six miserable months under Nuno Espirito Santo.
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