Lotito conceals Lazio s financial rupture, and Sarri wants to leave as soon as he comes back?

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Jingyi

Lazio's ban on signings has become increasingly serious due to poor financial conditions. Many Italian media reported that Sarri, who had just returned to the Blue Eagle, had already begun to leave. Because he felt deeply deceived by Chairman Lottito, it is not ruled out that the Italian coach would resign.

Lotito has always regarded himself as a savior of Lazio. He often boasts about his shrewd management skills - if he hadn't rescued him in 2004, the Blue Eagle, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, would have operated normally to this day. But in the 21 years he was at the helm, fans have complained about his overly stingy recruitment style. Who would have thought that Lotito, who has always claimed to be a careful calculation, would actually ignite the financial crisis of Blue Eagle.

Italy's fiscal year setting is different from UEFA's rules for calculating fiscal years from July 1 to June 30 of the following year, the Italian club uses March 31 of each year as the deadline for submission of the semi-annual financial report. The Italian Club Financial Supervisory Committee (COVISOC) has audited that Lazio's three major financial indicators have failed to meet the standards. These three indexes are the liquidity index, the debt index and the wage cost index. The

Liquidity Index is an important indicator used to measure the team's cash flow status and its ability to quickly obtain funds to pay unpaid bills. Lotito, who has been a staunch opponent of this financial rule for many years, saw the index as unfairly unfair, because a club with high debt but with good credit ratings may perform better than a club without a debt burden. Lazio has also violated this rule in the past, but this time the situation is even more complicated.

Lottito and the management were already aware of financial problems in May, but they hid this from Sarri and even promised to introduce three new players for him. The problem is that if Lazio is confirmed to have a financial violation, they will be issued a signing ban by COVID-19. The Courier said that before September 1, Lazio will be banned from buying any players, and instead, the sale will not be affected. Not only is there no hope of buying people, but the existing staff may also be out of stock. Surrey's anger can be imagined. From beginning to end, Sarri was never told about the possibility of a financial crash in Lazio, and just after the incident was widely reported, Lotito has not made any specific explanation for Sarri on the team's real financial situation.

On Thursday, the Blue Eagle issued an announcement, denounced the media for spreading false reports: "We believe it is necessary to clarify that there is no current situation that needs to be worried about. Lazio holds available liquidity funds and has a mature management structure. Financial stability, project continuity and strategic consistency have been and in the future, and in the future, as the foundation of our team."

If you want to break the situation, unless Lotito either paid out of his own pocket and invested 90 million euros for the team before August, you can avoid falling into the extreme situation where you cannot operate signings and sale by January next year. But Lotito obviously has no intention of doing this. Rome Sports said that Lotito has two plans: one is to let Sarri lead the team to survive the hardships and hold on until January next year before starting to strengthen it; the other is to promote the reform of Italy's financial regulatory system, complete the transition to UEFA rules before January next year, and use the normal football season as a reference for fiscal year calculations.

But the question is, even if Sarri is willing to help Lottito overcome difficulties together, will everything return to normal in January next year? Lotito knows best why he is eager to keep Italy in line with UEFA rules. Obviously, September 30 will be the deadline for each team to submit annual financial reports. The review results at that time will determine Lazio's fate in the winter window.