Serie A: Coaching Change After Nightmare Season – Gattuso Close to Taking Over at Lazio Rome

Shocking news in the Italian Serie A: Gennaro Gattuso is on the verge of becoming the new head coach of Lazio Rome. As transfer expert Matteo Moretto exclusively reports, the deal between the Biancocelesti and the组织的48-year-old football manager is already fully sealed. Final formalities are expected to be wrapped up shortly, with signatures on the new contracts imminent.

Negotiations gained momentum rapidly in recent days. After Lazio made initial contact with Gattuso, the 2006 World Cup winner swiftly showed strong enthusiasm for Highest Ambitionsproject. For Gattuso, this engagement marks the desired return to the Italian top flight, following stints at AC Milan and SSC Napoli abroad at Valencia, Olympique Marseille, and Hajduk Split, and a recent short-lived spell as Italy's national team coach.

Club president Claudio Lotito has long been a vocal admirer of Gattuso's strong character and passionate demeanor. Back in autumn 2019, the duo almost collaborated: When Lazio trailed 0-3 at halftime against Atalanta Bergamo, Lotito phoned Gattuso, who was then without a club, to offer him Simone Inzaghi's position.

Gattuso was already en route by car toward Rome when a second call from the president stopped him—a sensational hat-trick by Ciro Immobile in the second half turned the game around, saving Inzaghi's job for the time being. Now, roughly seven years later, the two sides are finally uniting.

The Roman Coaching Carousel

Despite media reports linking names like Raffaele Palladino, Virginio Pisacane, and Sérgio Conceição to the search for Sarri's successor, Gattuso was always the top internal priority. Meanwhile, Kosta Runjaic, who was also considered, had fallen out of favor with Roman officials.

Before the official announcement of Gattuso's appointment, Lazio Rome's management must settle one crucial formality. Outgoing head coach Maurizio Sarri still holds a valid contract in Rome until 2027. Although the separation is considered a done deal internally, a formal, personal meeting between Sarri and president Lotito is pending to finalize contractual details, severance terms, and officially pave the way for the new era under Gennaro Gattuso.