Fiorentina midfielder Simon Sohm is among the players the Florentine club is actively looking to move on this summer, with a reported connection to Venezia emerging as the transfer window enters its sales phase.
The 25-year-old Swiss international finds himself on the wrong side of a roster reshuffle at Fiorentina. Having managed 12 Serie A appearances last season under coach Paolo Vanoli — who guided the club to a 14th-place finish on 42 points — Sohm contributed neither a goal nor an assist across those outings, carrying an average match rating of 6.60. An AI overall score of 53 out of 100, with a ceiling assessed at 62, suggests a player whose ceiling is visible but whose current output has not justified a central role at a club now aggressively rebuilding.
Fiorentina's summer has been defined by movement in both directions. The club has brought in new attacking options — Arthur Atta and Roberto Piccoli both scored in a 3-2 pre-season friendly defeat against QPR at Loftus Road — while simultaneously clearing wage space. Sohm is part of that outgoing wave, alongside defender Pietro Comuzzo, who is linked to Torino, and another player identified as Moreno.
For Sohm, the Venezia link represents a crossroads. A move to a club competing at a different level of Serie A ambition could offer him the minutes and centrality his Fiorentina stint never consistently provided. Twelve appearances across a full season is the profile of a squad player who never quite convinced the coaching staff to promote him further. The rating of 6.60 is functional, not compelling — it describes a midfielder who did not hurt the team, but did not drive it either.
Fiorentina's coaching staff, managing the pre-season preparations, is building a different squad around different priorities. Sohm's departure, if confirmed, would be a clean break rather than a surprise.
Whether Venezia can offer Sohm the platform to push toward that 62-point potential ceiling is the only question that matters now.