It was for one of the priorities set by Lazio Roma with the Argentinian striker Valentín Castellanos. As we revealed to you exclusively in June, the Brazilian nugget of Santos, Marcos Leonardo (20 years old) has been on the shelves of the Biancocelesti for several weeks. After having ceased negotiations for a time, Lazio had also relaunched negotiations with a new meeting organized last week between the Roman club and the player’s agent. As a reminder, the first two bonus offers included (10 million then 15 million) submitted by Lazio were refused by Santos last June. A new proposal from the Biancocelesti was due to fall in recent days to satisfy the Peixe who value their player around 20 million. Note that the Brazilian club is still under pressure due to major financial problems in the team’s accounts, as the transfer window closes its doors tonight at midnight in Brazil.
Nevertheless, the messy situation that Lazio is experiencing internally with an intense clash between coach Maurizio Sarri and its president Claudio Lotito has made all summer files complicated in recent days. The two men chain crisis meetings to settle their major disagreements over the management of the summer transfer window. A semi-crisis which the rival of AS Roma wants to take advantage of. Indeed, the management of the Giallorossi accelerated at the start of the week to complete the arrival of Marcos Leonardo, who has also received interest from Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Fulham. The 20-year-old Brazilian (149 games, 47 goals) even became sporting director Tiago Pinto’s top priority after failures in the Alvaro Morata and Gianluca Scamacca cases. La Louve romaine is determined to offer a loan with a purchase obligation set at around 15 million. Negotiations continue this week.
