Felipe Caicedo, a used fireworker

He does not want controversy. Felipe Caicedo, at 32, has accepted the situation at Lazio, which does not mean that he is satisfied. The Ecuadorian forward returned to rescue his team and they have already gone four times this season. The striker adds eight goals, half of them in the so-called Cesarini area. Against Zenit, Torino, Juventus and Crotone Caicedo has emerged in el salvador biancoceleste in a highly appreciated capacity in Italy.

Lazio has lost the bellows of last season when, before the pandemic, they opposed the title in a fight with Juventus. Now, he sails very far from the head, in seventh position six points behind the Champions zone. Inzaghi, despite the fact that Caicedo has gotten him out of more than one trouble this season, does not observe him as a starter, although he appreciates him. In none of the last five Serie A games has the Ecuadorian played more than 20 minutes. Against Crotone he jumped onto the field in the absence of a quarter of an hour and broke the tie.

“The coach has decided that the starters are different, but I work with my head down to find my space,” said the player humbly afterwards. It is a speech that he has maintained since December. When the market opened his name was constantly on it. The former Málaga, Levante and Espanyol player has been the target of several teams. In Arab countries they even offered him a more than important salary and in Europe they have also been interested, but the Ecuadorian demanded a condition. If he left Lazio, it was definitively. Caicedo has a little over a year left on his contract with the capital club. His salary is around 2.5 million clean and, at Lazio, Inzaghi has turned him into a kind of artificer, to solve the most delicate moments, that now could be signed for very little. A used fireworker. During the past season he was already decisive with his goals in another seven games. Inzaghi prefers Correa alongside Immobile.

The Argentine has scored three goals in 1,379 minutes in Serie A this season for 7 in 807 for Caicedo. Even lately Muriqi, the Kosovar who is Tare's bet in sports management, is having more space. Be that as it may, Caicedo still has a lot to offer and it is a market opportunity to take into account given that it seems impossible for him to renew with Lazio on these terms.