Fiorentina forward Beto arrived at the club as one of the final pieces of a summer rebuild, only to find himself embedded in a side that has lost all three of its opening Serie A 2026-27 fixtures, conceding nine goals and scoring just one.
The scale of that defensive collapse is the context that defines Beto's early weeks in Florence. A striker can only work with what the team around him produces, and Grosso's Fiorentina has produced very little. One point from three matches would be a difficult start; zero points from three, with a goal difference of minus eight, is a structural problem that no single signing can paper over.
Beto has appeared in one Serie A match so far this season, registering neither a goal nor an assist and earning an average rating of 6.35. That is a thin statistical footprint, but it is too early to read much into it — one appearance in a team still searching for its shape and its confidence tells you more about the team's situation than the player's quality.
The most recent evidence of that situation came in a home defeat against Torino, where Fiorentina took the lead through Pellegrino before Mandragora and Adams turned the match around for the visitors. A comeback conceded at home, in a fixture that both clubs needed to win, left Grosso's side rooted to the foot of the table. Grosso himself addressed the mood directly after the final whistle, ruling out any thought of resignation and framing the project as one that requires time to settle.
That framing is honest, but time is a resource Serie A does not distribute generously to clubs sitting on zero points. Beto was signed precisely because Fiorentina needed a forward capable of generating goals from limited service — the kind of player who can function as a focal point when the system around him is still being assembled. Whether Grosso finds the right structure to support him is the question that will determine whether this season becomes a recovery or something more serious.
Three matches in, the answer is not yet visible.