May 26th, 2000

Toldo demands urgent talks

By Nic Evans

Francesco Toldo, the Fiorentina goalkeeper has warned his club that 
unless they start negotiating with him over a new deal then he could 
change his mind again and rethink his future. Speaking from the 
headquarters of the Italian national team as they continue their Euro 
2000 preparations, Toldo said: "They should contact me as soon as 
possible. They must hurry and do something. Otherwise the choice about 
my future could change again."
Toldo agreed to stay with the Florence based club recently despite 
receiving offers from a plethora of Italian and other European clubs. 
The star keeper revealed that he had been persuaded by a 
speech with club President Vittorio Cecchi Gori who assured him that 
he would get an improved contract.
The player continued: "I hope to stay, but I repeat, me and Fiorentina 
should meet soon. There were a lot of talks and promises, but at the 
moment nothing has been signed yet. So this is my position. We agree 
and sign something in the next few days, or the situation will be the 
same we had three, four weeks ago."
Roma, Lazio and Manchester United have all been strongly linked with 
the highly-talented custodian, however with the sale of Gabriel 
Batistuta to Roma it is unlikely that Fiorentina would allow another 
star to leave.

Taken from Planet Football