Experiences in declare that former worldwide and Lazio striker Miroslav Klose may return to the membership as the following head coach within the occasion that Maurizio Sarri decides to depart within the close to future.
It has been an underwhelming season for Lazio, regardless of a run to the Coppa Italia, because the staff will end the season someplace between ninth and eleventh place within the Serie A desk.
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Sarri, who returned to the membership on a two-year deal final summer time, has made it clear that he’s not greatest happy with the best way the 2025-26 marketing campaign has gone, leaving his future on the Stadio Olimpico unsure as soon as once more.
ROME, ITALY – APRIL 27: Maurizio Sarri, Head Coach of Lazio, appears on in the course of the Serie A match between SS Lazio and at Stadio Olimpico on April 27, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
“This season’s scenario hasn’t happy me. I wasn’t listened to in any respect, and I’m removed from pleased. Maybe the membership isn’t pleased both. Let’s end the season and see if they’ve something to say to me,” Sarri after the on Sunday.
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Shops in Italy are already starting to take a position over the coach’s future and the potential candidates that would change him within the occasion that he does depart on the finish of the season.
In accordance with , former Lazio striker Klose is among the many choices to exchange Sarri. The all-time main World Cup goalscorer spent the ultimate 5 years of his enjoying profession within the Italian capital, registering 54 Serie A targets from 139 outings between 2011 and 2016.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 15: Miroslav Klose of SS Lazio greets the followers after his farewell match in opposition to at Stadio Olimpico on Might 15, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
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Why is Klose an attractive possibility for Lazio?
Klose took on his first managerial function in the beginning of the 2022-23 season, taking cost of Austrian Bundesliga facet Rheindorf Altach earlier than being dismissed in March of 2023.
He took a yr out earlier than taking on at 2. Bundesliga facet 1. FC Nuernberg in Germany’s second tier, securing a cushty mid-table end (tenth). Regardless of being tipped for relegation by many in 2025-26, Klose has improved on final yr’s return and secured an eighth-place end.
DUESSELDORF, GERMANY – OCTOBER 03: Head coach Miroslav Klose of 1. FC Nürnberg appears on previous to the two. Bundesliga match between Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Nürnberg at Merkur Spiel-Enviornment on October 03, 2025 in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Photograph by Christof Koepsel/Getty Photos)
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La Gazzetta dello Sport praises Klose for his inclusion and administration of younger abilities throughout his time with Nuernberg. His 2024-25 squad was the youngest in all of Germany’s skilled divisions, with a mean age of round 23.
Nuernberg have additionally been in a position to money in on plenty of the kids that Klose has introduced via: was offered to for round €25m in January of 2025, was offered to for round €10m final summer time and Caspar Jandar joined Southampton for €12m.
Klose has additionally made Tino Kusanovic the youngest participant within the membership’s historical past on the age of 17 years and 62 days throughout his Nuernberg spell.
Klose is a person that Claudio Lotito is aware of effectively and appreciates. Lotito is predicted to satisfy with Sarri within the close to future to debate the coach’s future, however for now, the scenario stays up within the air.