ROME – The resignation of Croatian coach Igor Tudor has started a new chapter regarding the Lazio bench. Yesterday the club made the coach’s farewell official just 79 days after he took office. Now the company is ready to start a new project for next season.
1.10pm
Lazio, what changes for the squad
The squad cannot be revolutionised, Tudor’s farewell allows the club to recover the players who had been put on the departure list by the coach. Primarily Guendouzi (provided he is not tempted by the Premier League), Rovella and Isaksen. Keeping everyone, replacing only Felipe and Luis, the interventions to be made could be 4-5.
1:00 pm
Baroni-Lazio: it would be the coach’s sixth bench in Serie A
The negotiations between Lazio and Marco Baroni are proceeding quickly. For the Tuscan coach it would be the sixth bench in Serie A afterwards Siena, Benevento, Frosinone, Lecce And Verona.
12.45pm
Baroni, termination with Verona in the next few hours
Coach Marco Baroni, in pole position for Igor Tudor’s succession, is still linked to Verona. With the salvation of the Verona team, an automatic renewal was made until 30 June 2025. The coach has not yet resolved his relationship with Hellas Verona: if he accepts the Lazio job he will first have to terminate his contract with the yellow-blues
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Lazio fans on Baroni’s account: “Don’t come to Lazio”
There is great excitement around the choice of the new Lazio coach following the resignation of Igor Tudor. In pole position is the name of Marco Baroni, current coach of Verona who has already communicated to the Verona club that he does not want to continue his adventure in yellow and blue. The news of the imminent closure of the negotiation between Lazio and Marco Baroni has sparked the Lazio environment which did not welcome the candidacy of the Tuscan coach; many Lazio fans have taken the official profile by storm Instagram from the coach to invite him not to accept the offer from the Biancoceleste club: “Don’t come to Lazio, stay where you are” we read in one of the many comments from the Lazio players who would like some other coach on the Biancoceleste bench.
12.15pm
Barons between Lazio and Cagliari
Decisive hours for the future of Marco Baroni. The former Verona coach – after communicating to Hellas his intention not to move forward with the yellow-blues – had started negotiations with Cagliari. But since yesterday the name of Marco Baroni has been very hot in Lazio terms: the club would have reached an agreement with the Tuscan coach, the closure would be imminent
12:00 pm
Marusic and Luis Alberto, “like” Tudor’s resignation
The locker room’s relationship with former manager Igor Tudor was never idyllic, the spark had never struck. But once the games are over, the rift between the Lazio players and the Croatian coach emerges. On Lazio’s official post – published to announce the manager’s resignation – likes from Luis Alberto and Marusic appeared. It should be underlined that no Lazio player, at the moment, has addressed a greeting to their former coach.
11.45am
Lazio, the new coach in a short time
According to what transpires from Formello, the club would like to resolve the coaching issue as soon as possible: after the first positive contacts with Marco Baronithe managers will continue to follow the path that leads to the former Verona coach
11:30
Lazio-Tudor, the break in the market
The divorce between Lazio and Igor Tudor was generated by the market perspective. The Juventus coach would have asked for some players, asking the club to sacrifice some elements of the squad such as Guendouzi, Isaksen and Rovella. Faced with the club’s refusal, the Croatian coach apparently made the decision to resign.
11.15am
Lazio, Almeyda proposed
Igor Tudor’s resignation prompted the prosecutors to contact Lazio. Among the various proposals, the one for has also arrived Matias Almeyda who last season coached theAEK Athens. However, the candidacy of the former Biancoceleste midfielder fell on deaf ears.
11:00 am
Lazio-Baroni in the home stretch
It will be a decisive day as regards the Lazio bench: in the next few hours the management intends to close the agreement with Marco Baroni. The negotiation is well underway, we are just waiting for the white smoke.
10.45am
The French sites compare Conceicao to Lazio
From France they continue to compare the figure of Sergio Conceicao to Lazio. The former Portuguese coach, in negotiations with Marseille, would have asked the transalpine club for time. “There is no good news for the OM – writes the French portal Maxifoot – Why the Portuguese coach is tempted by Lazio: the opportunity to coach in Serie A could appeal to Conceiçao, who already knows Ligue 1 having coached Nantes, who had long hoped to join Milan in place of Stefano Pioli. Then comes the sentimental side, the former midfielder played for Lazio for three seasons and could therefore be tempted to live another adventure in his former club.”.
10.30am
La Bild: Lazio are thinking of Klose
The question of the Lazio bench also invades international newspapers. In the German newspaper Bild the first name that is associated with the Lazio bench is that of Miroslav Kloseformer striker of the German national team and the Biancoceleste team.
10.15am
Lazio-Baroni, the contact dates back to Tuesday
The negotiations between Lazio and Marco Baroni seem to be in their final stages. The initial contact between the Biancoceleste club and the Tuscan coach dates back to last Tuesday, immediately after the second confrontation with Igor Tudor. At the end of the meeting, which was also attended by the agent of the Croatian coach Antony Seric, the club began to take the first steps to establish contact with the Croatian coach.
10:00
Lazio-Sarri, no contact
Someone was thinking of a flashback, and in these hours the name of Maurizio Sarri had been linked to Lazio again. But so far, there has been no contact between the parties despite the continued esteem between president Lotito, the coach Fabiani and the Tuscan coach
9.45am
Lazio fans, the hashtag #NoBaroni starts on social networks
The news of Marco Baroni’s imminent arrival at the helm of the Biancoceleste team has triggered the reaction of some Lazio fans who – disappointed by the rumors that are spreading in these hours – are expressing their opposition to the possible club choice: on social media the hashtag #NoBaroni was published
9:30
Baroni, another year of contract with Verona
The Tuscan coach has an annual contract with Hellas Verona. In recent weeks the coach informed the Verona club of his decision not to remain on the yellow-blue bench.
9.15am
Marco Baroni, the ductility of the module
Lazio seems inclined to sign former Verona coach Marco Baroni. Last season the Tuscan coach often had the opportunity to change the tactical module: Baroni’s teams mainly play with a four-man defense line, often changing the midfield structure: the module is that of 4-2-3-1 which in some games may vary in the classic 4-3-3 or in a more defensive module like the 4-4-2.
9:00
Marco Baroni: the coach’s numbers
Marco Baroni he was born in Florence on 11 September 1963. In the last year he had the opportunity to coach Hellas Verona, achieving a salvation that seemed unexpected. He coached in Serie A Siena, Frosinone, Benevento, Lecce And Verona collecting 110 benches with a budget of 21 victories, 29 draws And 60 defeats.
8.50am
Tudor, the silence of the players
Everyone in silence. Although the news has been in the public domain for several hours, no Lazio player has had the opportunity to comment on Igor Tudor’s farewell to Lazio. No player said a word against the coach after his leave: further confirmation of a strained relationship – a foreign body – within the locker room
8:40
Lotito and the poll with Allegri
Yesterday, Lazio president Claudio Lotito contacted former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri to start a possible negotiation. But the coach, despite the good relations that bind him to the Lazio president, blocked the possible discussion about the bench in the bud.
8:30
The brief reign of Igor Tudor
It only lasted 79 days the Croatian experience Igor Tudor at the helm of Lazio. The coach had taken over from Giovanni Martusciello after the success achieved by the Biancocelesti in Frosinone. In the championship the Lazio coach led the team on nine occasions, obtaining five wins, three draws and a single defeat in the derby against Roma. Was eliminated in the semi-final of the Italian Cup by Juventus: in the double clash with the Bianconeri, Tudor achieved a defeat and a platonic success in the return match which was not used to qualify for the final.
8.20am
The official press release from Lazio
Yesterday evening the club made official the resignation of coach Igor Tudor after the indiscretion that leaked in the early hours of the afternoon. “Tudors he resigned as manager of the first team. The company thanks the technician for the work done, wishing him the best personal and professional luck.”.
8:10
Lazio, Baroni already contacted
Yesterday there would have already been contact between the Lazio managers and the former Verona coach Marco Baroni. The coach is also in negotiations with Monza and Cagliari, but the inclusion of the Biancoceleste club has frozen any other type of consultation
8:00
Conceicao on pole according to L’Equipe
The succession of the Lazio bench also appears on the pages of the French newspaper l’Equipe. According to the transalpine newspaper, the negotiations between Olympique Marseille and the Portuguese coach have stalled Sergio Conceicao it would have been caused by the inclusion of the Lazio club at the last minute.
