The Cesare Casadei soap opera is delivering new twists and turns by the hour, as Lazio, Chelsea and the player’s entourage have reportedly untied the knots.
The Ultimate Soap Opera
In what has been one of the most bizarre transfer sagas of the January transfer window, the Biancocelesti have been combatting Torino for the services of the 22-year-old midfielder. In recent hours, it has been reported that the deal could be dead in the water, with Lazio already resorting to Bologna’s Giovanni Fabbian as an alternative solution.
Lazio Reach Agreements With Chelsea & Cesare Casadei
Nevertheless, Italian journalist Orazio Accomando reveals that Lazio have managed to overcome all bureaucratic hurdles to strike an agreement with the player’s representatives, as well as Chelsea following a blitz on Wednesday evening. The Aquile will therefore splash €14 million for the player’s signature, while the Blues will also command a sell-on fee on a future resale.
Peace Restored
The DAZN correspondent also claims that Lazio have reached an accord with Casadei on personal terms. The Italy U21 starlet is expected to pen a four-and-a-half-year contract with a starting salary of €1.2 million per year, which will eventually rise to €1.6 million.
Tight Race
La Lazio Siamo Noi also adds weight to the story, revealing how intermediaries intervened to mend the fences following a disagreement between club president Claudio Lotito and Casadei’s agents. Nevertheless, the source believes it remains a tight race with Torino, and it is now up to Chelsea to decide which track to proceed with.
no idea what to believe after reading we missed out on him 24 times the last week!
Can’t we start a movement to get lotito to sell the club to those withe the financial might to make lazio great again?
Lazio can’t be great and grow as Altalanta with such stingy manner in the market. We don’t have a great youth development system like Barca to build our own stars while the chairman treasures his every penny too much, we don’t have great stars or prospects to strengthen the club and grow the fan base.
I loved Cataldis performance tonight, anyone else ? We haven’t replaced him and tonight you saw Gila who needs at least 2-3 matched deployed in an actual match to be able to realise what he should do.
Baroni could have done better, maybe.. but he must have thought in training Gila does it and he was wrong.
Ultimately it comes down to Lotito and Fabiani for not replacing Cataldi(yes, Guondozi would have saved his ass again but he wasn’t there nor Rovella)
*I mean Gila as a CDM in a 4-2-3-1 away from home and already depleted team this was… suicide
I am shocked Braga didn’t score more (thanks to Mandas)