Milan. Led by Mihajlović, Catania finished the season in 13th spot, well out of the relegation zone. He resigned at the end of the season on 24 May 2010 amid reports linking him to incumbent UEFA Champions League winners Inter as a replacement for outgoing boss José Mourinho, which did not come to anything in the end. Fiorentina On 3 June 2010, Mihajlović was announced as the new head coach of Fiorentina, replacing outgoing Cesare Prandelli who had left the Tuscan club a few days earlier once appointed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to become the new manager of the Italy national team. Fiorentina had an underwhelming domestic league season behind them under Prandelli, finishing the campaign in eleventh place despite simultaneously making the Champions League round-of-16 stage where they got eliminated by Bayern Munich on away goals, in large part due to questionable first leg officiating when a clearly offside Miroslav Klose goal was allowed to stand by the Norwegian referee Tom Henning Øvrebø and his linesman. The Serb signed a two-year contract on a salary of just under €1 million per year and with no distraction of European football, the talented team seemed poised for a good Serie A season with Mihajlović stating that making Europe is a realistic goal. 2010–11 season However, right away, the team got dealt a major blow by a preseason right knee injury to Stevan Jovetić that would keep the attacking midfielder out for the entire season. The league campaign started poorly with two draws and two losses before a win was finally recorded in week 5 at home versus Parma. However, that win was followed by two straight losses as the team continuously hovered in and around relegation zone. Fiorentina's form finally started picking up in late October 2010 with a home win versus Bari, but, soon afterwards in November 2010, la Viola got further weakened by an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Sébastien Frey that kept him out for the rest of the season. Still, Mihajlović's team continued its slow climb up the standings. Though bad away form continued, they finished the first half of the season in twelfth spot. In January 2011, an old favourite reappeared since the doping-related ban on Adrian Mutu expired as the forward with whom Mihajlović shares some colourful history from playing days rejoined the squad. Also, Mihajlović signed winger Valon Behrami from West Ham United,