sentences:  After a successful first season at Almería, Melo agreed to transfer to Italian side Fiorentina in a reported €13 million transfer for the 2008–09 season.Having held Spanish nationality since the 2007–08 season, he was not counted as a non-EU player in the Italian Serie A.He made his debut in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Slavia Prague, and scored his first goal in a "Viola" shirt against Atalanta in the Serie A.