Emerson Palmieri is one of Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri’s top targets but Lyon might beat the Roman club to the punch.
As reported by the French press (via LazioNews24) earlier today, the 27-year-old Italian-Brazilian is having a good season on loan in Ligue 1 with Lyon and the French side refused to let him return to Chelsea in the January transfer window.
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Sarri has been pushing Lazio to sign Emerson since his arrival last summer but now they risk losing out to Lyon, who are currently in the process of ironing out a permanent deal for the Euro 2020 winner.
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Emerson has made 24 appearances across all competitions so far this season for Lyon, for a total of 1963 minutes. In that time, he’s scored one goal and provided one assist, impressing both offensively and defensively.
Lazio have been looking for a new left back for a while now and losing out on Emerson would force them to focus on alternate targets.
