 He made 52 appearances in his two seasons with the club.He left on loan to Fiorentina for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons for a loan fee of €350,000 annually and was then purchased outright by the club in June 2007 for an additional fee of €3.15 million (a misc.fee that cost "La Viola" an additional €160,000 was later shifted to other company); he made 52 league appearances for "la Viola" in total.