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Crespo is a Lazio player
By Guglielmo Buccheri & Alessandro Cortese at © eurofootball.com
It's official: Hernan Crespo has finally become a Lazio player after months of negotiations. Lazio's chairman Sergio Cragnotti announced the signing at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday.
Parma demanded a whopping 110 billion lire (€57m) for their star.
And Lazio president, Sergio Cragnotti, was forced to sacrifice Matias Almeyda, Sergio Conceicao and cough up 35 billion lire (€18m).
The deal almost came unstuck at the last minute when Inter’s Massimo Moratti announced he was no longer interested in striker Marcelo Salas. Lazio were expecting to generate 40 billion lire (€21m) from the sale of the Chilean forward, money destined for Parma.
But the deal hinged on coach Sven Göran-Eriksson giving the go ahead for Conceicao to leave – he is set to be replaced by Dutch star Boudewijn Zenden.
So now, Lazio – the team that won everything last year - can line up four new players: Hernan Crespo, Angelo Peruzzi, Claudio Lopez and Roberto Baronio.
By Guglielmo Buccheri & Alessandro Cortese at © eurofootball.com
It's official: Hernan Crespo has finally become a Lazio player after months of negotiations. Lazio's chairman Sergio Cragnotti announced the signing at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday.
Parma demanded a whopping 110 billion lire (€57m) for their star.
And Lazio president, Sergio Cragnotti, was forced to sacrifice Matias Almeyda, Sergio Conceicao and cough up 35 billion lire (€18m).
The deal almost came unstuck at the last minute when Inter’s Massimo Moratti announced he was no longer interested in striker Marcelo Salas. Lazio were expecting to generate 40 billion lire (€21m) from the sale of the Chilean forward, money destined for Parma.
But the deal hinged on coach Sven Göran-Eriksson giving the go ahead for Conceicao to leave – he is set to be replaced by Dutch star Boudewijn Zenden.
So now, Lazio – the team that won everything last year - can line up four new players: Hernan Crespo, Angelo Peruzzi, Claudio Lopez and Roberto Baronio.