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Arthur Atta was rumored to be a target for a few top Italian teams and was more concretely in the crosshairs of a pair of Premier League outfits, but Fiorentina acted more quickly than anyone and completed the deal in just a couple of days.

The midfielder is in town for the medicals, and his transfer will be announced shortly, Tuttomercatoweb reports. The Viola will spend €25M and give Udinese 30 percent of a future sale. The buyers will be able to reduce the percentage to 10 by paying a small fee next year.

Atta will ink a five-year contract with Fiorentina and will start from a €1.3M annual salary. He was acquired from Metz for €8M in 2025. He was an understudy in his first year in Serie A, while he took on a bigger role last season, posting six goals and four assists. Udinese had been suspiciously active at the position, already signing Unai Gomez from Athletic Club and Giorgi Chakvetadze from Watford.

The Frenchman is the third notable signing by Fiorentina amid their revamp following the hiring of Fabio Grosso. They kicked off their summer by purchasing Viery from Gremio for €15M and then doubled down in the back, bringing in Radu Dragusin from Tottenham on loan with a €18.5M conditional obligation to buy.

Our Take on Fiorentina Signing Atta

It’s nice to see more teams being ambitious and investing, and director Fabio Paratici has never been shy about that, though not always successfully. Bigger clubs likely wouldn’t have taken that kind of deal and would have had to shell out €30/40M, but it’s still a nice operation. A couple of giants, especially Juventus, given their lack of technique in the midfield, slept on him.