Lazio midfielder Cristian Ledesma has announced on public radio that he will not sign a new contract at the club, meaning he will leave the Biancocelesti either this summer or next.
Ledesma has been attempted to negotiate a new contract with Lazio for quite some time now, however he has grown increasingly frustrated by the club’s refusal to issue him a decent pay rise.
The Argentine’s agent Vincenzo D'Ippolito has threatened on a number of occasions, and as recently as yesterday, that unless he is paid what he deserves, his client will execute FIFA's Article 17 in order to leave the club for a small fee next year.
Ledemsa has now himself announced that there is no chance of him signing a new contract, meaning that it is now inevitable that he will be leaving the Italian capital either this summer or next.
“There is no more margin for a contract renewal,” Ledesma, who joined Lazio from Lecce in 2006, told Radio Radio.
“There is no more margin because I do not want to renew.
"When I arrived here there were other teams I could have gone to where I would have made more money, but I chose Lazio for its history, and for the project.
“I accepted the salary cap, however, now things have changed. If a player is important, as is the case with me, it is only right to expect something more."
The only question that seemingly remains is whether or not Ledesma leaves now or in a year’s time. Were he to stay at the club until 2009, Lazio may only receive a small portion of compensation due to Article 17.
Ledesma has been attempted to negotiate a new contract with Lazio for quite some time now, however he has grown increasingly frustrated by the club’s refusal to issue him a decent pay rise.
The Argentine’s agent Vincenzo D'Ippolito has threatened on a number of occasions, and as recently as yesterday, that unless he is paid what he deserves, his client will execute FIFA's Article 17 in order to leave the club for a small fee next year.
Ledemsa has now himself announced that there is no chance of him signing a new contract, meaning that it is now inevitable that he will be leaving the Italian capital either this summer or next.
“There is no more margin for a contract renewal,” Ledesma, who joined Lazio from Lecce in 2006, told Radio Radio.
“There is no more margin because I do not want to renew.
"When I arrived here there were other teams I could have gone to where I would have made more money, but I chose Lazio for its history, and for the project.
“I accepted the salary cap, however, now things have changed. If a player is important, as is the case with me, it is only right to expect something more."
The only question that seemingly remains is whether or not Ledesma leaves now or in a year’s time. Were he to stay at the club until 2009, Lazio may only receive a small portion of compensation due to Article 17.
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