Sarri, blunt with his team: “What I did for Lazio I would not have done for anyone else and I had big doubts”

The Italian Maurizio Sarri, coach of Lazio, proclaimed this Saturday his devotion to the 'biancoceleste' club

The Italian Maurizio Sarri, Lazio coachproclaimed this Saturday his devotion to the 'biancoceleste' club, which he forgave for having the market blocked in the summer and for not having told him anything when he signed his contract.

«What I did for Lazio I wouldn't have done for anyone else equipment. If a club made me sign the contract and then told me that the market was closed, I would leave. I had big doubts to do it but that force that made me stay does not abandon me, I still have the firm conviction of making this group grow,” he declared this Saturday at a press conference.

In the first quarter of 2025, Lazio exceeded three economic parameters imposed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to be able to sign and could not, therefore, register new players in the summer market.

Sarri was not aware and when it became public that the club did not meet three parameters (liquidity index, debt and extended labor costs) of the federation's economic regulations, a crisis was generated that was close to ending the team's sports planning.

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The coach, who returned to Lazio in June, He considered resigning just 25 days later of his appointment, but Claudio Lotito, president of the club, prevented it with a phone call that resolved Sarri's doubts. “President Claudio Lotito and coach Maurizio Sarri held a long and in-depth telephone conversation, during which the different points raised regarding the regulatory situation related to the liquidity ratio were extensively discussed,” the club reported in June 2025.

Lazio, which adds two wins, one draw and three losseswill face Atalanta this Sunday with the absences of Rovella, Dele-Bashiru, Gigot and 'Taty' Castellanos, and with Zaccagni, Marusic, Dia and Vecino between cottons.