Gattuso Has Only One Request to Lazio Management Ahead of January Window

Lazio might be set for a quiet January transfer session, but this wouldn’t be an issue for their head coach Gennaro Gattuso.

Lazio Risk Another Transfer Ban

The Biancocelesti had an eventful summer transfer campaign, signing seven new players. Angelo Fabiani’s savvy business didn’t cost the club’s coffers a large amount, as the deals were conducted on free transfers (Pedraza, Doekhi, and Sutalo), loans with obligation to buy (Frattesi, Sutalo, and Gudmundsson), or permanent transfers with innovative formulas (Pinamonti).

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And yet, Lazio are still struggling to balance their accounts and reach the required 0.7 cost-to-revenue ratio. Observers believe the club’s current figures are at circa 0.82, placing them well over the threshold. Therefore, the Aquile are bracing themselves for another transfer ban, similar to the summer of 2025, or at least a restricted (net-zero) transfer campaign, like the summer of 2026.

Gennaro Gattuso Wants His Lazio Squad Intact

According to Il Messaggero (via La Lazio Siamo Noi), market restrictions wouldn’t pose an issue for Gattuso, who is happy to march on with the current squad until the end of the season. The Calabrian coach has already built a solid group in his first few months at the club, with everyone steering in the same direction, as illustrated by their extraordinary start to the campaign.

Can Lazio Avoid January Sales?

As the Roman newspaper explains, Gattuso’s only request to the Lazio hierarchy is to avoid selling any important players like they did last January, when they cashed in on Matteo Guendouzi and Taty Castellanos, much to Maurizio Sarri’s dismay. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether the management will be willing to grant the 48-year-old his simple wish.

The source points out that a few January exits might be deemed necessary to register capital gains and avoid a transfer ban in the summer of 2027.