Sarri: “Offers from Arabia but I’m fine with Lazio”

The Biancoceleste coach talks on TV about the “fashion” of the moment: “Koulibaly? He will fix the family for several generations. Milinkovic is a problem for the club, but with his free head he is of an extraordinary level”

Stephen Cieri

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Maurizio Sarri across the board. In an interview given to Sportitalia, the Lazio coach spoke of various topics, starting with those relating to his Lazio. But he also gave away a market gem concerning himself, revealing that he too was tempted by the (millionaire) sirens of Arab football. “Yes – said Sarri – I have received offers from Arabia. But I didn’t take them into consideration. I’m good at Lazio and I’m staying here. Then in two years (when his contract with the Roman club expires, ed) it may be that I will evaluate them, but not now. I feel good in the biancoceleste and then I’m also a two-hour drive from home”. One of his former players, Koulibaly, instead succumbed to the flattery of the Arabs: “I read that he will earn 90 million in three years. He will be able to settle his family for several generations… ”.

Bernardi and others

Sarri then spoke about some of Lazio’s market goals. Like Berardi. “An interesting player, I would like to coach him. As well as other Sassuolo players, such as Frattesi and Maxime Lopez. But Berardi is a Sassuolo player, so I won’t go any further.” Another name associated with his team is that of the Uruguayan Torreira. “He did very well at Sampdoria and also did well at Fiorentina”, commented Sarri. Milinkovic chapter. The (uncertain) fate of the Serbian is influencing Lazio’s market strategies. “It’s a problem for the club, it’s clear that it could be a resource for me. It all depends on how involved the boy is in the situation. A free-headed Milinkovic is a player of extraordinary level. He is a player who has created about forty situations with us between goals and assists in two seasons ”.

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We’ll start again in a few days and Sarri also spoke about the season that awaits him: “If I had to speak from a selfish point of view, after finishing in second place with Lazio I would have had to resign. Because the possibility of doing better is really difficult. But I’m in an environment where I feel good and I’d like to go on. But we must all be aware that repeating ourselves will be extremely difficult”.

juve and the others

Then the Lazio coach also spoke of some rivals. Like Juventus, where Cristiano Giuntoli has arrived, whom he knows very well: “Giuntoli has important qualities, the most important is courage. You don’t have the problem of putting an important player on the market and signing an unknown player on the other side. This has always been his greatest strength: courage combined with competence ”. And Rome? ”Already in the past years it was a great team. He spent a lot of energy in Europe, did less than he could do in the league, but in short, the team’s strength was evident. The rivalry with Mourinho? I personally don’t feel it.”



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