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There are two sides to every story around a final. It might seem an obvious thing to say, but I’m not sure we truly consider it, particularly when an English team are going for a European trophy.
It’s fantastic to see the excitement around West Ham. Their fans have headed to Prague in huge numbers and it would be enormous for them to win the Europa Conference League, but don’t think they are the only ones with dreams. Fiorentina’s sense of destiny is just as strong.
Fiorentina will always hold a special place in my heart. I joined them in September 2014 on loan and, while I had reservations at first, within a couple of weeks they had been banished. It turned out to be one of my best decisions, the opportunity to experience a different culture in one of the world’s most historic cities.
This was a club that knew it couldn’t go toe-to-toe with the giants of Serie A over the course of a season but it was the perfect place for upcoming talent. In
