Bisignani on Lazio: “Lotito, we can’t continue like this: he gets help”

“Time is good, Lazio will never disappear. But it is necessary for Lotito to realize one thing: we cannot continue like this. » These are the words that Luigi Bisignani, journalist, writer and great biancoceleste fan, speaks in an interview with Corriere dello Sport about the future of the Roman club.

Bluntly, Bisignani insists on the need for a revolution in governance: “We need a real general director, but above all he must agree to get help. By a fund, for example, or by bankers based in Rome. By a Maiolini, by a Nino Tronchetti Provera, by a Guerra. The Percassi have done this: they are always the ones who run the operations and make the decisions. »

The journalist also recalls the anger of supporters towards Lotito, currently turned into demonstrations: “The forceful action is the final act of a protest which comes from far away, justified by the absence of a dignified present and future. It's not about tifosi's perceptions, but about reality. »

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To illustrate the turning point, according to him, decisive, Bisignani evokes a specific episode: “If we want to indicate the point where the divide was consumed, I say the year of the Champions League, when Lotito refused to buy Berardi, a player who would have significantly increased the potential of the team. »

However, he concedes the merits of the president: “Lotito has enormous merits and I recognize them, but he did not understand that at a certain moment you also have to go with the people. »

Finally, Bisignani criticizes Lotito's recurring use of financial “sustainability” as an argument: “Sustainability only has value if it accompanies ambition. It becomes a convenient formula when the leap in quality is constantly postponed. Today's football requires capital, infrastructure, management, technology, a commercial network and international skills. In short, the future costs. In his letter, the future often appears; the account remains off the page. »

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