http://lazio.theoffside.com News from SS Lazio Italian football team Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:21:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The team said goodbye to some people yesterday, and are about to say hello to Francelino Matuzalem. Essentially, the former Napoli and Brescia centrocampista is already a Lazio player, but he has to still undergo a medical on Monday before anything can be finalized. In any case, it now looks ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/hello-goodbye.html It seemed as if Lazio's mercato was now going to be restricted to shedding some of the excess players still on the books (42 at last count), but evidently, the "in" door of the transfer campaign is still open. First up is news that the team has signed Swiss international ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/some-transfer-news.html At this season's new jerseys: You can buy these here at the newly launched Lazio store. The only problem with this photo? Pandev started making a lot of noise today about leaving the team at the end of this upcoming season. It seems he's not happy with the way his contract ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/another-look.html There are various new tidbits and other things I've been sitting on for a bit. First up, Mauro Zarate's loan deal has been made official today, with management depositing his contract with the Lega Calcio. Reportedly, both Middlesbrough and Portsmouth tried to hijack the deal yesterday with last-minute offers, but ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/news-round-up-3.html As most of you will have known, the long-awaited day has finally arrived: Juan Pablo Carrizo was presented to the media, and is now officially a Lazio player. For those who need visual evidence before believing anything, cast your eyes on these pics of the man himself in Rome. The glamor ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/carrizo-day.html A newly shorn Mauro Zarate landed in Rome this morning, and even though he has not yet officially been presented to the media, you can say for all intents and purposes, he has begun his Lazio career. Personally, I've been getting more excited about his signing with every passing day, ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/the-zarate-kid-and-kozak.html Here are a few things that have been kicking around Lazio land in the last couple of days. First up, the new jerseys for this season were unveiled a little while back, so I thought I should put up a pic. There's no sponsor yet (Edileuropa were on the shirt ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/odds-and-ends-2.html Well, I've been sitting on this bit of news for the last couple of days, mostly because I didn't think it was going to lead to anything, but as it turns out, I'm a shit interpreter of news. It seems that the deal for Rodrigo Palacio has hit a bit ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/the-zarate-kid.html Cagliari has declined to exercise the buy-out option on Pasquale Foggia, so the speedy winger has returned to Lazio, to both add some much needed pace and creativity, and make sure we have all the necessary Napolitana underworld connections (just kidding...I think). Delio didn't seem convinced of his ability back ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/foggia-and-radu.html Numerous reports have come out in the last couple of days that point to an increasingly likely Lazio swoop for Rodrigo Palacio (of course now that I've written that, the whole deal will probably collapse). It seems that even though Palacio's family is pushing for a move to Spain, the ... http://lazio.theoffside.com/team-news/more-palacio.html