With the departures of Felipe Anderson and Luis Alberto, Lazio’s technical rate has lost the few lights that distinguished the squad, with only Zaccagni who currently represents an above average player from a ballistic point of view. This transfer market session is fundamental to try to bring the offensive level of the Biancoceleste squad back up, starting immediately by replacing at least numerically the two starters who are now far from Rome. As emerged in the last few hours from the well-known transfer market expert Alfredo PedullàLazio would be oriented towards bringing him to Rome Calvin Stengsfor which the deal could be closed for an amount around twelve million plus bonusesfor a footballer who showed himself in the ranks of Arne Slot’s Feyenoord last season.
The beginnings
The 98-year-old attacking midfielder grew up in the youth team of AZ Alkmaar, before being purchased in July 2021 by Nice, where he collected one goal and one assist in twenty-four appearances in Ligue 1. During the following summer he moved to Belgium on loan, transferred on a temporary basis to Antwerp, where he scored one goal and four assists in twenty-one appearances. After returning to Nice, at the end of last July he returned to Holland, purchased for six million euros by Feyenoord by Arne Slot, where the numbers start to be more significant, with six goals And twelve assists in twenty-nine overall appearances in the Eredivisie.
The profile
Involved as a starter in both matches between Feyenoord and Lazio in the last Champions League, Calvin Stengs acts as a right winger with inverted foot, representing a quick and quality resource in the attacking midfield. Skill on the outside, combined with the ability to create space around the area even by duetting together with Gimenez, facilitating the construction of the action by the midfield, offering the attacker a continuous opportunity to duet in the narrow area. During the last season Slot moved Stengs close to the opponent’s goal and around the offensive area, for a game situation that saw him more offensive than in previous seasons. The axis between him, Timber and Geertruida is fundamental in Feyenoord’s offensive mechanisms, with Stengs often involved in cutting from the outside and finding decisive passes from more central portions of the pitch.
The one that has just ended represents the best season of the Dutch winger’s career, never so focused in terms of statistics, decisive for the fate of a team that finished their season in second place in the table, seven points behind champions PSV ‘Holland, securing another qualification for the Champions League. Second in terms of assists in the last Eredivisie, behind only Luuk de Jong, Stengs could bring dynamism and quality to Rome, due to some characteristics here today Lazio is seriously orphaned.
