"Florentina" loses S. Frey for months © EuroFootball.com

Having started the season superbly and occupying fourth place in the "Serie A" championship, for three months "Fiorentina" lost their main goalkeeper Sebastien Frey, who will be unable to play due to a knee injury suffered in the Italian Cup quarterfinals against "Juventus."

The 25-year-old S. Frey, who was loaned to "Fiorentina" from "Parma" in the summer, faced opponent striker Marcelo Zalayeta in the cup match in Turin and tore his right knee ligaments. According to reports from Italy, treating this injury could force the French legionnaire to miss the rest of the season.

Since the second team goalkeeper Marco Roccati has only played three matches in his career with the team, and has not had the opportunity to replace S. Frey, who played in all 18 matches this season, it is believed that "Fiorentina" will now seek to acquire a new goalkeeper.

One of the candidates to join the Florence club is Francesco Toldo, who lost his place in the "Inter" eleven and spent as many as eight seasons with "Fiorentina" in the past decade. The 34-year-old veteran, who had a less successful season last year, was replaced in the starting lineup of the Milan team by the Brazilian Julio Cesar.