Lotito Urges Parliament to End Lazio’s Transfer Woes: ”The Rules Must Be Changed”

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·24 September 2026

Lotito Urges Parliament to End Lazio’s Transfer Woes: ”The Rules Must Be Changed”

Lazio president Claudio Lotito believes the laws regulating Italian football must be modernised so Serie A clubs can economically compete with their European counterparts.

Lazio Have Been Struggling With Financial Regulations For Years

The Biancocelesti have had their fair share of problems with the regulations in place. In the summer of 2025, they were banned from signing any new players after failing to meet the required financial parameters.

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More recently, the laws have made it even more challenging for clubs to pass the economic test, lowering the cost-to-revenue ratio to 0.7. In other words, clubs can only spend 70% of their revenues on salaries, transfer fees, player amortisations, and other squad costs.

Lazio Confined to Net-Zero Transfer Market

In the summer just gone, Lazio avoided another transfer ban, but they were restricted to a net-zero mercato, meaning they could only spend on new signings through freshly generated funds. That’s because the Italian capital side missed the aforementioned 0.7 mark.

Lazio Had a Relatively Positive Transfer Campaign

Luckily for the Aquile, they were still able to pull off a solid transfer campaign by reinvesting the sums they received from their sales (especially Mario Gila’s) and signing important players like Davide Frattesi, Josip Sutalo, and Albert Gudmundsson. However, Lotito remains far from happy with the regulations.

Claudio Lotito Wants New Regulations to Cover Italian Football’s Finances

In his chat with Il Corriere dello Sport, the Lazio owner suggested he would try to push for a reform of the laws to lessen the burden on the financially struggling Italian clubs.

The rules apply, but they need to be changed, and Parliament can do that. Do you think it is normal that players in other leagues can be bought outright at any time of the year, while we, who are supposedly the scientists, cannot? If a player costs €10 million here, you pay more than €12 million once VAT is added, and then there is the bank guarantee. It puts us at a disadvantage and encourages clubs to buy abroad, where less cash has to be paid upfront.

Lotito’s role as an Italian senator and a member of the Forza Italia party puts him in a favourable position to drive change on this front.