Lazio have extended Romano Floriani Mussolini until 2031 after a breakthrough season in which the right-back has already made 11 Serie A appearances and scored once. He is now in Gennaro Gattuso's starting XI at right-back, and the contract reward follows his first sustained run in the senior side.
Lazio's reward for his breakthrough
The renewal gives Lazio a clearer idea of where Floriani Mussolini fits. He has gone from loan spells at Juve Stabia and Cremonese to regular senior involvement, and the club have responded by tying him down for the long term.
His first-team usage has not been token either. Across those 11 league appearances, he has played 886 minutes, which is a proper workload for a player still building his place in the side. The same spell has brought one league goal, adding a bit of end product to the defensive work.
The wage rise and the caveat
There is also the salary side of the story. TuttoMercatoWeb reported that his net pay rises from €150,000 per season to €600,000 per season, with the new deal running until 2031. In the same reporting, he was still described as Lazio's lowest-paid full-back, behind Lazzari, Marusic, Tavares and Pedraza.
So Foot's report on the renewal did not include wage figures, which leaves the salary detail coming from the Italian outlet rather than the club announcement. The one point both reports agree on is the length of the commitment, and that is the part Lazio will care about most after giving a young full-back a real run in the side.
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