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title: "Lazio Fallout Opens Door for Everton to Sign Luis Alberto in Cut-Price Deal"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/luis-alberto-lazio-fallout-possible-january-exit/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Jones"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2020-11-24T15:00:58Z"
modified: "2020-11-24T15:00:58Z"
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# Lazio Fallout Opens Door for Everton to Sign Luis Alberto in Cut-Price Deal

As internal tensions continue to rise at Serie A club Lazio, Everton have been linked with a move for a former Liverpool playmaker.

[Luis Alberto](https://readeverton.com/2020/03/02/everton-eye-lazio-midfielder-luis-alberto-as-sigurdsson-replacement/) has been the subject of [intense media coverage](https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/11/24/tensions-continue-to-rise-at-lazio-with-star-playmaker-set-to-be-offloaded-at-cut-price-as-everton-enter-the-hunt/) lately after a public scandal in which he critiqued the club’s decision to buy its own private jet.

Despite being recognised as a crucial part of the Lazio set-up, his strained relationship with a handful of senior board members at the Rome-baed club has meant that he could be put up for sale, according to [Gazzetta Dello Sport](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Lazio/23-11-2020/lazio-lite-peruzzi-lotito-luis-alberto-che-potrebbe-essere-ceduto-3901091381888.shtml).

As a result, Everton could be in line for a cut-price deal for the attacking midfielder. Competition will not be light, however, as [reports have indicated](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Lazio/23-11-2020/lazio-lite-peruzzi-lotito-luis-alberto-che-potrebbe-essere-ceduto-3901091381888.shtml) that Serie A giants Inter Milan and Juventus will rival the Toffees for Alberto’s signature.

The playmaker, who is now 28 years old, joined Lazio for just [£3.6m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/luis-alberto/profil/spieler/128220), having never found his feet at Anfield after his switch from Sevilla.

Since moving to Rome from England when he was still a rising star, Alberto has featured in a total of [143 matches in all competitions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/luis-alberto/profil/spieler/128220), being directly involved in 71 goals in that time for Lazio.

### Read Everton Verdict

Everton may well be the beneficiaries of this public fallout as they look to secure an experienced playmaker in January.

Alberto could be a good experienced alternative to [reported long-term target](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/mercato-real-madrid-apres-james-rodriguez-ancelotti-veut-soffrir-un-nouveau-joueur-de-zidane-525806) Isco if Everton are unable to bring the Real Madrid man to Merseyside.

Recent reports indicated that Real Madrid would [indeed accept](https://readeverton.com/2020/11/16/real-madrid-willing-to-accept-everton-offer-isco/) the projected advances that Everton are likely to make, but this is nonetheless a potentially fruitful development.