OFFICIAL: NEW JERSEY OF LAZIO!

Finally, Puma released the new jersey of Lazio for the 2011-2012 season. It’s just been released for several days ago.Therefore, the speculation about the next season jersey has finally broken down now. Before the launching, there were some design speculations of the jersey. Also, according to the rumor, Lazio would provide some space on the front side of the jersey  to be used with Unicef logo. Now, finally we know that it was only nonsense. There is only blank area on the chest part of the new jersey provided by Puma.

You can see that the main jersey for home matches is still full blue sky coloured with minimalist change. Puma provide five jerseys for Lazio. Two jerseys for the goalkeeper. They are green and black coloured. The three others are presented to the other players but the goalkeeper. They are the home jersey, away jersey and third jersey.

Among them, I’m very interest with the design of away jersey. It dominated by white colour. It’s simple design actually, but I’m so impressed about two lines that cross on the upper chest part. The first on is blue sky coloured that only cross from the right shoulder up to the center of the upper chest close to the collar. The another is gold coloured that cross from the right to the left shoulder. With the white based coloured, it looks bright and once again, although it’s only simple design but the two lines on the upper chest part make the jersey looks great!

 

OFFICIAL!! SENAD LULIC HAS SIGNED FOR LAZIO

 

Bosnian star Senad Lulic has signed for Lazio. As expected, the 25 year-old has left Young Boys in Switzerland to join forces with Edy Reja's charges in Rome.

"This is the most important moment in my career. I am glad to be here in Rome and to play for Lazio. For me, it is a dream, Lazio are a famous club, this is beautiful."

 

Comparisons have been drawn with Aleksandar Kolarov, another player from the Balkans who plays in a very similar vain to Lulic. Senad appears to be at ease with the hype: "It is not only him I am compared to. I play like I play, then we will see who is better, it will be a long season starting on 7th July. My role is not what is important, I can attack or defend, let's see what the coach wants to do."

Lulic was rather modest when discussing his own personal targets: "My goals? I am not sure, both league (Serie A) and cup (Europa League) are important, cup might be more important than Serie A, we should not underestimate these competitions but simply try to go as far as possible."
 

Another important point that the media picked up on was the high standard of Senad's Italian. The player is clearly comfortable with the language; it is hard to envisage any misunderstandings in the dressing room.

Lulic has signed a five-year deal. The expectancy now is that Abdoulaye Konko may sign for Lazio regardless of what happens with Lichtsteiner. Lotito was in Milan to discuss transfers and reports suggest he spent much of that time with the agent of Marchetti. Edy Reja has given the green light to the deal but with Muslera on international duty, any deal may take quite a while to be completed.

 

 

 

MORE ARRIVALS LIKE KLOSE

Lazio president Claudio Lotito claims that Miroslav Klose is just the beginning and that he has "ongoing discussions with players of Klose's callibre."

Speaking to Sky TG24 Lotito said, "Other players will arrive which are the same level as Klose". Lotito spoke about how he was certain to score more signings to reinforce Lazio: "We made a program of aquisitions to make the team more competitive. Klose was the first, but we have ongoing discussions with other players of equal value".

MARCHETTI IS ON THE VERGE TO LAZIO

 

 

Cagliari president Massimo Cellino has confirmed that the Marchetti transfer saga is about to come to an end. Marchetti has been a primary target for Lotito ever since Daniel Fonseca, the agent of Uruguayan wantaway Fernando Muslera announced publicly that his client no longer wanted to be a part of the setup in Rome.

A number of factors have sped up the process. Firstly Edy Reja agreed in prinicple that no matter what happens in the upcoming mercato, Fernando Muslera will not play for Lazio. Secondly, Reja gave his blessing to the transfer of Marchetti promising to Lotito that he will become the undisputed number one goalkeeper. Consequently, Lotito met Marchetti's agent last week in Milan and put a deal in place. It now seems that the release clause has been activated and Cellino will be forced to relinquish his hold of Federico.

The Cagliari president told LaLazioSiamoNoi: "I spoke with Federico's attorney yesterday. The case will be resolved in several days remaining." Cellino seemingly took a parting shot against Lotito whom the Cagliari president has a fond disliking of: "Lazio deserve this [the transfer of Marchetti]. Lotito does not."

Marchetti is a mouthwatering prospect. Along with Albano Bizzarri and Fernando Muslera, Marchetti was one of the top goalkeepers in the 2009-10 season, earning a place in Italy's World Cup squad. When first choice Gianluigi Buffon was forced out of the team with injury, Marchetti deputised but was found wanting as a poor Azzurri squad were easily dumped out of the tournament. After declaring his desire to leave Cagliari in a remarkably similar vain to how Muslera has told the world of his dissatisfation, Marchetti found himself to be a fixture on the Cagliari bench. It now appears as though he will get the chance to shine again in Rome.

LAZIO STILL OWE CONI TWO MILLIONS

This article is a repost from article that published on lazioland.com.

Several days ago, Claudio Lotito made it quite clear that Lazio are unwilling to pay the necessary amount to play at the Stadio Olimpico next season. Describing the sum of money as disproportionate, Lotito said that while the club clearly wants a resolution, it is unlikely to be found with the current agreement.

Gianni Petrucci, president of CONI has reacted. He claims Lazio still owe two million euro in rent just to play league games at the Olimpico next season. He has also pointed out that there is a deadline for payment (30th June) and that Lotito is contractually obliged to pay.

While an agreement looks some way off, it would be a shock if the problem is not resolved prior to the fixed deadline.

MIROSLAV KLOSE IS HUNGRY FOR VICTORIES

 

In an interview with the magazine 'Kicker', Lazio's latest acquisition Mirsolav Klose has told of his happiness of being in Rome:

"Rome is a beautiful city that can offer everything. A few weeks ago, I came here to see the environment, to see the school for the children and to see the new house. My family and I are very happy."

When asked about his experience with Bayern Munich, Klose was quick to turn the conversation back to Lazio:

"That is all in the past, it was not a happy time and I prefer not to think about it. Yes, my future is Lazio, this is a club that is hungry for victories, the club wants to reach new heights, just like me. We will not play in the Champions League but that is not a problem. It is up to us to change that as quickly as next season. The situation is comparable to that of Bayern's four seasons ago."