While they were once on the tablets of Mason Greenwood who is getting closer and closer to OM, Lazio is in the process of redrawing the offensive objectives of the summer period for the club from the Italian capital. Indeed, Lazio is experiencing a hectic off-season after the hasty departure of Igor Tudor, since replaced by Marco Baroni. With many files on the go in this transfer window, the Biancocelesti have checked off some golden names like Nuno Tavares, who should join Rome in the coming days. But the Lazio management, led by president Claudio Lotito and sporting director Angelo Mariano Fabiani, has a dream that may seem inaccessible on paper to replace, at the tip of the attack, Ciro Immobile.
“Today is one of the hardest days of my career. After years of emotions, victories, defeats, sacrifices and shared joys, the time has come to say goodbye. It is a speech that I never wanted to give, but life leads us to make decisions that, although painful, must be made. When I arrived here, young and full of dreams, I would never have imagined how deep the bond was. I will evolve with this club, with this city and, above all, with you, the fans. You were our twelfth man on the pitch, the force that pushed us to overcome the most difficult obstacles and celebrate the most beautiful victories.” wrote the now former Lazio captain in a letter to the tifosi. With such a heavy departure, Lazio must take action to replace this legend of the Roman club.
Lazio wants to strengthen its attack!
According to our information, Lazio’s management is preparing a first offer for Vitor Roque which should take the form of a loan with a purchase option valued at 25 million euros. However, according to our indiscretions, FC Barcelona is in no hurry to get rid of its Brazilian nugget despite a complicated start in Spain. The Catalan management wants, in agreement with their new coach Hansi Flick, to observe the native of Timóteo during the first training sessions in order to judge his place in the rotation for the 2024/2025 season. The Culés management is aware that the transfer of the former Athletico Paranaense star represents a certain cost approaching a total price of more than 60 million euros, what’s more in a far from adequate economic situation. For the moment, the 19-year-old has not given any sign of wanting to leave, but would nevertheless like to gain European experience, hoping to make his mark in Catalonia.
For Lazio, Vitor Roque’s profile represents an interesting bet. With the official departure of Ciro Immobile for Beşiktaş, the Biancocelesti lose their star striker, who has been at the club for eight years and has scored nearly 207 goals in 340 games. The club’s highest earner, Lazio has a nice budget available to reinvest in its offensive sector, now composed almost exclusively of Valentín Castellanos at the forefront of the attack. If Loum Tchaouna and Tijjani Noslin have come to strengthen these lines, they represent above all solutions on the wings. If the Vitor Roque priority does not find a positive outcome, Lazio has already listed several plan Bs such as Boulaye Dia from Salernitana, Giovanni Simeone from Napoli and Samed Baždar from Partizan Belgrade. The sale of Immobile to Turkey allows in particular to make savings, transfer amount and salary included, set at approximately 10 million gross.
