Lazio were forced to drop two of their senior players from the Serie A squad list, and Maurizio Sarri has rendered his decision.
The Background
With the summer transfer market coming to an end, Italian clubs had to hand down their final squads, as they’re only allowed to register a maximum of 25 players above the age of 22, including four club-trained players (academy products), and four players trained in Italy.
Lazio Only Included 23 Players on the List
Due to the lack of Lazio youth products in the first team, Sarri has only been able to include 23 players in his final list. The coach had already admitted that he plans to cut Samuel Gigot, who is dealing with a potentially long-term injury problem.
Samuel Gigot & Toma Basic Left Out
On Monday, the Aquile revealed their selections through a statement published on the club’s official website, and as expected, Toma Basic turned out to be the second omission. So here is the full 23-man list, which doesn’t include Under-22 players like Reda Belahyane and Oliver Provstgaard.
Lazio’s Serie A Squad List
3 Pellegrini
4 Patric
5 Vecino
6 Rovella
7 Dele-Bashiru
8 Guendouzi
9 Pedro
10 Zaccagni
11 Castellanos
13 Romagnoli
14 Noslin
17 Nuno Tavares
18 Isaksen
19 Dia
22 Cancellieri
23 Hysaj
29 Lazzari
32 Cataldi
34 Gila
35 Mandas
55 Furlanetto
77 Marusic
94 Provedel
Will Lazio Be Able to Change Their Squad?
It should be noted that the club is still allowed to make two changes between September and December. Afterwards, they’ll be able to make unlimited changes during the January transfer window, before once again settling on a squad at the start of February.
Why add a third goalkeeper who would never get a chance at the expense of Basic?
Are you perhaps talking about Furlanetto? Because he is from Lazio Academy, as the articles said, “they’re only allowed to register a maximum of 25 players above the age of 22, including four club-trained players (academy products), and four players trained in Italy.”
Lazio only have 2 Lazio Academy players in Furlanetto & Cataldi hence only 23 selected.