SS LAZIO, Strakosha doesn't renew: the mission for a new goalkeeper begins

The foreign track leads to Chelsea's Kepa, among other names.
25.01.2022 09:57 of  TransferMarketWeb Press   see readings
SS LAZIO, Strakosha doesn't renew: the mission for a new goalkeeper begins
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One week, then Strakosha can sign with another team, leaving SS Lazio on a free transfer. It was now known to all, how the story of the Albanian goalkeeper would go, with his contract expiring next June. Yet two years ago, before Reina's arrival, no one had ever doubted it and the company had already started the procedures for the renewal. Then his fluctuating performance, the purchase of the Spaniard and the change of hierarchy between the posts changed everything. And the possible extension led to a break. Reina is also expiring, except that in the current contract there is the agreement of the automatic extension in case of qualification in Europe.

Finding a new starting goalkeeper, young but reliable, will be Lazio's future mission. The coach Sarri first mentioned some names, Tare and Lotito - committed to unblocking the liquidity index - are evaluating them. In the range of hypotheses, three are the most serious candidates at the moment.

The hottest name  in Italy are those of Cragno, 27 from Cagliari, and Vicario, 25, also owned by the Sardinians but on loan to Empoli, which in the summer will pay €10 million to buy the full property. Then there is Meret of Napoli: approached several times to Lazio but he was never really close. The foreign track leads to Chelsea's Kepa, whom Sarri has already coached in London. He is closed by Mendy and can leave, even if the operation for the costs (even in the case of a loan the salary remains very high) is very difficult.
Among all these names in the front row is Cragno, who for years has been proving to be reliable and ready to fight for targets other than salvation. The ground has been tested, but there is still no real negotiation, also because Cagliari is engaged in the tight fight not to be relegated to the league.