Indeed, the Croatian coach had made Darko Lazovic (32) his top priority for the left piston position, before the Orange Vélodrome residents completed the signing of Nuno Tavares, in the form of a loan. The deal was nearly done and the Serbian international had opted to join Cannebière.
But at the last moment the operation had gone up in smoke for several rather incredible reasons (the locker room had asked its management to cancel its move to OM, then a last-minute problem in the figures linked to the hiring of the salary from Hellas Verona for the loan of Strootman who in return would be sent to the Serie A club).
Finally, Hellas Verona would now like to part ways with Darko Lazovic in January, despite the Serbian’s total of 2 goals and 2 assists in 13 Serie A games this season, and the latter is expected to move to another Italian team (Monza or Turin). All for that…enough to annoy Igor Tudor and Pablo Longoria! Too bad for Dimitri Payet’s and Mattéo Guendouzi’s teammates…
