Fiorentina owner Diego Della Valle says the club is proud to see Cesare Prandelli now Italy coach.
Prandelli replaced Marcello Lippi earlier this month after five years at the Artemio Franchi.
Della Valle said: "Fiorentina are proud to have let Prandelli coach the national team, by dragging my feet I stopped him from going to the wrong place making an error that the Florentines wouldn't have understood.
"Prandelli knows that this is his home and we are all proud that he is sitting on the Azzurri's bench."