After Felipe Anderson who will return to Brazil at Palmeiras, another of Lazio’s key players of recent seasons is leaving the Biancoceleste club. The transfer of Luis Alberto to Al-Duhail, the Qatari club where Philippe Coutinho also plays, is official. Lazio announced the Spaniard’s departure with an official statement: “SS Lazio informs that it has definitively sold the player Luis Alberto Romero Alconchel, with effect from the 2024/2025 football season, to the Al-Duhail club affiliated to the Qatar federation” HOW MUCH DOES LAZIO EARN – From the sale of the Spaniard, Lazio will earn around 11 million euros, with Luis Alberto leaving Italy after eight years in the capital. Ups and downs, love and some friction with fans and coaches he had signed the contract renewal a few months ago, but after the match against Salernitana in mid-April he had already declared that his desire was to leave.
THE NUMBERS AND THE GOODBYE – Having arrived at Lazio in 2016 from Liverpool, Luis Alberto in the Biancoceleste made a total of 307 appearances, 52 goals and 79 assists considering all competitions. The turning point with the intuition of Simone Inzaghi: first in Spain and then in England he was an attacking midfielder, sometimes finding little space; the former Lazio coach moved him back a few meters by deploying him as a midfielder in a five-man midfield, and he thanked the coach with insertions and goals. There, in that role, he became one of the best players on the team. He had wanted to leave Lazio for some time: his priority was a return to Spain but he was unable to reach an agreement with the interested clubs, so he flew to Qatar to join Coutinho’s Al-Duhail.
