Tottenham winger Manor Solomon has completed a move to Fiorentina.
The 26-year-old Israel international took advantage of a release clause to end a season-long loan to Villarreal, where he made just eleven appearances in all competitions. The midfielder is initially linked to La Viola until the end of the season, with an option to buy for an estimated £9 million included in the deal.
Already wearing a Fiorentina top, Solomon landed in Florence on Friday morning before undergoing medical treatment. He was accompanied by his wife Dana Voshina, who is expecting the couple’s first child later this year. Fiorentina then posted photos of the midfielder undergoing his medical treatment before making an official announcement late on Friday afternoon.
What did Manor Solomon say about joining Fiorentina?
“I’m really happy to be here,” Solomon said. “As soon as I saw the players, I saw the people, I got really excited. When the opportunity came up, I thought about it and I immediately wanted to come here and try to help the team.”
“I know it’s a great club. The facilities are great, a great heritage, a great history, and I’m looking forward to this challenge.”
“I know the team is in a difficult moment, the club is not used to being where it is now, so I will try to bring my quality, I will try to help the team. I am sure we can do it.”
“They’re a great team, a great manager, and I’m sure we can get the job done and get much better.”
Where did Manor Solomon play before?
For Solomon, the move marks the latest chapter in what has become an increasingly nomadic career since fleeing Ukraine, where he made 105 appearances in four seasons for Shakhtar Donetsk, following the Russian invasion in February 2022.
A year-long loan at Fulham began that summer before joining Tottenham as a free agent 12 months later. By then, however, a persistent meniscus injury became unbearable. Within three months, Solomon was forced to undergo surgery.
The road to recovery was long and painful. Solomon would not kick another ball in anger again until the following season, when he was loaned out to second division club Leeds United in an attempt to rebuild his fitness, form and confidence. The move proved a spectacular success, with Solomon contributing ten league goals and a dozen assists as the Yorkshire club won the championship.
Solomon returned to Tottenham’s bench for August’s Premier League meeting with Bournemouth, but within days he was on the move again, this time to Villarreal, his fourth club in three years. Now he will try to establish more lasting roots in Tuscany.
What did Spurs say about Solomon’s departure to Fiorentina?
“We can confirm that Manor Solomon has been recalled from his loan spell at Villarreal and will be loaned out to Italian side Fiorentina for the remainder of the season,” Tottenham said in a statement. “He has made six appearances for us so far and we wish him the best during the second half of the season with I Viola in Serie A.”
Solomon’s signing will inevitably be regarded as the first of the Fabio Paratici era, after Tottenham’s co-sporting director was offered a five-year contract to become the club’s head of technical affairs.
Fiorentina are looking to rebuild the Serie A strugglers from the ground up, with Solomon the first of a number of newcomers expected this month.
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