Lazio’s January transfer windows have been consistently disappointing in the Claudio Lotito era.
As highlighted by Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport (via LazioNews24) earlier today, the Biancocelesti have signed plenty of flops in this month’s transfer window across the years, with president Lotito rarely willing to make significant investments.
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The latest January flop transfer was Mateo Musacchio, who moved on from Lazio after just six unimpressive months. Other disappointing January transfers include Milan Bisevac, Louis Saha and Helder Postiga.
Below are all of the signings made in the January transfer window by Lazio during the Lotito era:
- 2005: Fabio Bazzani on loan
- 2006: Stefano Mauri (Udinese) on loan with buy option, Samir Handanovic (Udinese) on loan, Massimo Bonanni (Palermo) on loan with buy option
- 2007: Luis Antonio Jiménez (Ternana) on loan with buy option
- 2008: David Rozehnal (Newcastle) on loan with buy option, Ousmane Dabo (Manchester City) released, Rolando Bianchi (Manchester City) on loan with buy option, Stefan Radu (Dinamo Bucarest) on loan with buy option
- 2009: None
- 2010: Andre Dias (San Paolo) definitive transfer, Giuseppe Biava (Genoa) definitive transfer, Sergio Floccari (Genoa) on loan with buy option, Thomas Hitzlsperger (Stuttgart) definitive transfer
- 2011: Giuseppe Sculli (Genoa) on loan with buy option
- 2012: Antonio Candreva (Udinese via Cesena) on loan with buy option, Emiliano Alfaro (Liverpool Montevideo) definitive transfer
- 2013: Bruno Pereirinha (Sporting Lisbon) on loan with buy option, Louis Saha (Sunderland) released
- 2014: Helder Postiga (Valencia) on loan, Gael Kakuta (Chelsea) on loan
- 2015: Mauricio (Sporting Lisbon) loan with buy option
- 2016: Milan Bisevac (Lyon) released
- 2017: none
- 2018: Martin Caceres (Verona) definitive transfer
- 2019: Romulo (Genoa) loan
- 2020: none
- 2021: Mateo Musacchio (AC Milan) released
