The agent of Fiorentina midfielder Mario Alberto Santana expects contract talks not to open until later in the season.
Marco Piccolo said: "Next year we will meet and evaluate what to do and it depends on what Fiorentina will do.
"We'll suffer in January and evaluate together if Santana will be part of the Viola project or not. We need to make a decision because the guy has a contract expiring in June 2010 and there is no option on a possible extension."