The Lazio Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Nuno Tavares hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lazio can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Flamengo tell Lazio: Pedro is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market23 Aug 2027
Lazio turn down Benfica for Marco Asensio
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Manuel Lazzari: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Lazio have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Lazio
Mattia Zaccagni and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Lazio
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match21 Aug 2027
Lazio come up short against Juventus
Juventus left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Nuno Tavares
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bari are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Lazio will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Market Alessio Benedetti steps up from the Lazio academy
- Boardroom A promise the Lazio board did not keep
- The dugout The manager’s verdict