After 2 and a half years, away from the Top 100, Internacional being the last club trained, the return was at the helm of Lazio in Rome.
We received a squad that was somewhat aged, or with little future, with names like Lloris, Torreira, Bailly, Gosens, Jesus Navas, Gigot, Aouar, Jovic (this was a bad transfer approach), and Antony (who seemed to be in decline, but now seems to be on the best path), becoming 2 deals, that left the fans of the Roman club with doubts regarding the new coach.
Assuming that these first seasons would be about restructuring, the acquisition of young players, or players with a future prospect, on the market, has been the main objective, up until today. As the club is looking at next season, as a season in which it may have more ambition, and in terms of results, to have a season with a view to qualifying for the playoffs, some experienced players were signed, such as Morata and Djmsiti, who could become club legends, and for those same playoffs are reached, some adjustments were necessary, such as Dimitrievski, Tiago Silva, Krunic, El Kaabi, Barboza, Junior Santos, Machida and Downes, giving depth to a squad that is still lacking in high-level rates.
But the future work was being done, with Arthur Chaves (starter in the Bundesliga), Lelo (future left-back for Braga), Koopmeiners (starter at Az, and with prospects of leaving in one of the next markets), Aaaronson (who seems to have found himself at Leeds, and who next season, in Premier League, will return to the Premier), Arokodare (the giant, goalscorer in Belgium), Leysen (starter in the Belgian championship, and already talked about as a possible transfer to Inter), Valentini (in his debut year in Italy), Kevin Carlos (top scorer in Switzerland, and one of the surprises of the championship), Ljubicic (who arrived in the Bundesliga in January), Balogh (starter at Parma, and called up for the Hungarian national team), Gigovic (starter in the Bundesliga), Denisov (owner of the right wing at Spartak, and fighting for the title in Russia), Wolfe (starter at AZ), Alvyn Sanches (promising Swiss, with a call-up to the national team), Sontje Hansen (finally playing consecutive minutes in her career, and still in time to confirm everything that was expected in the Ajax academy), and Kvistgaarden (with a high-level season at Brondby), are the players, between 22 and 24 years old, in the squad.
In the age group, 21 years and under, Castrop (with a move next summer to Monchengladbach), Mateo Joseph (with many games at Leeds, and call-ups to the Spanish under-21s), Bazdar (one of Bosnia's great hopes), Chris Brady (a starter in the MLS, since a very young age, and a possible future starter for the USA, or Scotland), Karim Sow (a starter in the Swiss league), Karlsson (a starter at Hammarby), Mundle (with a brilliant start to the season at Sunderland, and now back from injury), João Vasconcelos (considered one of the best possible players, trained by the Braga academy), Gustavo Varela (a name highly regarded in the Benfica academy), Hojlund (a promising Danish player, but somewhat lost at Schalke), Banel (trained at Ajax academy, who in January, moved to Burnley), Kochen (promising to become a top GK), Taibo (one of the great hopes of the Sporting academy), Ugwu (promising prospect of the Ajax youth academy), Youssef Enriquez (Real Madrid acdemy who chose to represent Morocco), José Silva (considered one of the possible pearls of the Sporting academy), Verhounig (Salzburg academy, and with an excellent Youth Cup achievement), Yannick Eduardo (Leipzig academy, playing in the Dutch championship), Denilson Santos (another possible pearl of the Sporting academy), Tiago Poller (great hope of the Hoffenheim academy), Robinio Vaz (great hope of the Marseille academy), Jesse Bisiwu (Brugge academy), and Berchimas (considered a possible pearl of the USA).
These are the young players that Lazio's project is betting on, always with the aim of strengthening the team and always looking for interesting deals.
It's a pleasure to be back in the Top100, and I will try to achieve such an interesting project as the one I developed at Internacional, with the promise of not opening a new school for goalkeepers 🙂
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