The former totem of the Lazio – who during his career in Italy also wore the shirts of Sampdoria, Parma and Inter, as well as the Argentine national team – Juan Sebastian Verón, he gave an interview to La Repubblica (Rome edition) in which, in addition to remembering Sven-Goran Eriksson after his death, he launched an idea to Claudio Lotito’s club.
Veron in fact proposes to name the new Biancoceleste stadium after the Swede, together with Maestrelli: “Perhaps it is an injustice to many Lazio flags, from Chinaglia to D’Amico and others, the Biancoceleste history is full of great characters, but I think that in the figures of Maestrelli and Eriksson many generations of Lazio fans can recognize themselves that the two of them have made happy, for this reason I believe it would be the right choice”.
The Argentine continues: “He was my coach at Sampdoria and he wanted me at Lazio. He always believed in me, he never let me go without his support, I just have to thank him. Often the name of the stadium is named after the person who laid the first stone, as in the case of my Estudiantes (Jorge Luis Hirschi, former striker and president of the La Plata club in Argentina, ed.), or the sponsor who finances the facility. But for me it would be romantic if the home of Lazio immortalized the names of two coaches who made the history of the club. A well-deserved recognition”.