Fiorentina would like to clarify the reasons for Christian Kouame's transfer to Hellas Verona falling through, given that various inaccurate versions of the events have been 

Following a phone call between the two parties at 19:51, during which Hellas Verona accepted the conditions of the loan transfer with an obligation to buy upon certain conditions being met, Hellas Verona sent all the paperwork, including the transfer of registration and the stamped agreement with potential bonuses and obligation and/or option to purchase.

However, the documents we received did not match what had been agreed, with regard to the obligation to 

Having initially asked Hellas Verona to send the updated documents and aware of the time constraints, we made a verbal gentleman's agreement to change the clause at a later date. At 19:59, we sent our signed documents to the other party.

Hellas Verona then submitted all the documents unsigned by the buying club, the player or the selling club.

For this reason, the Lega Serie A's Player Registration office was unable to validate the transfer.