Lazio Line up Club Brugge Starlet De Ketelaere as Replacement for Milinkovic-Savic

Club's Charles De Ketelaere celebrates after scoring during a soccer match between Oud-Heverlee Leuven and Club Brugge KV, Wednesday 15 December 2021 in Heverlee, on day 19 of the 2021-2022 'Jupiler Pro League' first division of the Belgian championship. BELGA PHOTO TOM GOYVAERTS (Photo by TOM GOYVAERTS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lazio are preparing for a future that has an absence of a star midfielder and that includes Club Brugge talent Charles De Ketelaere.

Maurizio Sarri wants six to eight new players in the summer, so significant funds will be needed. As a result, the Biancocelesti are ready to sell either Luis Alberto or Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in the upcoming summer transfer window, sacrificing a player in order to fund a squad overhaul.

Milinkovic-Savic’s trip to Paris puts Lazio on alert

As highlighted by LazioNews24, Lazio’s summer window depends exclusively on the sale of Milinkovic-Savic. Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are both keen to pick him up, but for now, neither seem willing to offer the €100 million requested by the Biancocelesti.

Should either Milinkovic-Savic or Luis Alberto leave in the summer, Lazio’s dream option to replace them would be the 21-year-old De Ketelaere, who is having an incredible season with Club Brugge. The talented youngster can play as a trequartista, offensive-minded midfielder or as a winger.

So far, De Ketelaere has scored 17 goals and provided nine assists in 41 appearances across all competitions this season.

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