<>Luca Toni faces his old team for the first time on Wednesday and has admitted he won’t hold back if he scores against Palermo. "I don’t see any problem with celebrating," he said.
Toni left the Sicilian side in the summer, since which time his career has sky-rocketed.
<FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>Fiorentina are fourth in the table and Toni is Serie A’s top goalscorer with 16 goals in as many games.
Since leaving the Rosanero, Toni has not been well thought of by followers of his former side and the feelings of the Palermo faithful were made clear when Toni returned with Italy in October. He was booed every time he touched the ball during the Azzurri’s World Cup qualifying win over Slovenia.
Now, although Tonigol has only ever had nice things to say about his time in Sicily, he is looking forward to putting one over on his previous employers, whose owner Maurizio Zamparini has publicly stated his regret at selling his former favourite on several occasions.
"There’s no point in hiding it," said Toni. "alermo will be a special match for me. I had a great time in Sicily, but I’m hoping to score on Wednesday and if I do I will definitely celebrate. I don’t see anything wrong with it.
"I’m pleased that Zamparini regrets letting me go," he added. "It means that I am doing well."
That is something of an understatement to say the least. Having said that, the Viola striker has not scored now for three games which, by his standards, constitutes a crisis.
"At the moment I’m hitting the post a bit too often," explained the man with the elusive Midas touch. </FONT>
<FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>"Yesterday, Giampaolo Pazzini was fortunately on hand to score for us. Before, I only had to touch the ball for it to go in – now I’m having a bit of bad luck."</FONT></P>