{"id":12662,"date":"2025-07-15T22:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12662\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T22:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:11:04","slug":"circa-10000-lazio-fans-protesting-against-lotito-and-financial-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12662\/","title":{"rendered":"Circa 10,000 Lazio fans protesting against Lotito and financial concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/circa-10000-lazio-fans-protest-against-lotito\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lazio-fans.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-881189\" alt=\"ROME, ITALY - APRIL 13: SS Lazio fan before the Serie match between Lazio and Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi - SS Lazio\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ROME, ITALY &#8211; APRIL 13: SS Lazio fan before the Serie match between Lazio and Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi &#8211; SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Circa 10,000 Lazio fans staged a protest in Rome today against President Claudio Lotito\u2019s running of the club and the struggling stadium project.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal went out among the fan clubs in the Eternal City and they flocked to largo Corrado Ricci, marching all the way up to the Fori Imperiali.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.it\/2025\/07\/15\/lazio-migliaia-di-tifosi-in-piazza-contro-la-gestione-lotito-video-cm-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to reports<\/a>, there were circa 10,000 supporters who turned out to protest President Lotito.<\/p>\n<p>He has been at the helm since 2004, having effectively saved the Biancocelesti from bankruptcy under previous owner Sergio Cragnotti, but his tenure has also seen controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Lotito under fire at Lazio<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ss-lazio-unveil-new-coach-marco-baroni.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-819404 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"ROME, ITALY - JULY 08: SS Lazio President Claudio Lotito attends a press conference at the Formello Sport Centre on July 08, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi - SS Lazio\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1202\/800;max-width:1202px\"\/>Lazio President Claudio Lotito (Photo by Marco Rosi \u2013 SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>None more so than this summer, because Lazio failed three different financial stress tests and have therefore <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/lotito-lazio-transfer-embargo-unfair-offers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been placed under a transfer embargo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are not even able to sign free agents until January 2026, unless Lotito pumps fresh funds into their coffers, something that <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/lotito-confirms-he-has-declined-offers-for-five-lazio-stars-this-summer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he insists is unnecessary.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The protest also continued with a group representing the ultras who met with political figures to discuss the status of the stadium project.<\/p>\n<p>Lotito has for years tried to revitalise the existing Stadio Flaminio into his club\u2019s own arena, but assessor for sport Alessandro Onorato told fans the local council has for months been waiting for paperwork that hasn\u2019t been forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expressed our concern over the situation at Lazio and wait for the council to make its position known if the economic condition and financial plans of the club are not clarified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This morning, the club released a formal statement denying rumours that the club had been put up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROME, ITALY &#8211; APRIL 13: SS Lazio fan before the Serie match between Lazio and Roma at Stadio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-12662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}