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Sabatini: ‘Lazio are dreaming of being the Italian Leicester City’

“But Inter are the strongest, Roma are on Inter’s level, and Lazio are dreaming of being the Italian Leicester.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC
Key points
  • Sabatini still thinks Inter and Roma are the favourites, but he expects Lazio to stay in the Champions League race.
  • Lazio celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teamamte Tijjani Noslin during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on November 01, 2026 in Rome, Italy.
  • For me, Lazio are the surprise contenders for fourth place, and they’re putting three big clubs at risk of missing out on next season’s Champions League: Milan, Juventus and Napoli.”.

(Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Sabatini on Gattuso’s Lazio and the race for the top four Gattuso returned to club football this summer after failing to lead Italy to the World Cup, and Sabatini believes he has silenced his critics.

Speaking to TuttoMercatoWeb, Sabatini says that nobody would have bet a single euro on Gennaro Gattuso’s side being top of the table after 11 games.

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  • (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) Leicester famously won the Premier League in 2016 after starting the season as 5,000-1 outsiders.
  • Lazio are unbeaten and lead on 29 points, the club’s best-ever total at this stage.
  • “Don’t ask me for predictions, I don’t think I’m the right person,” Sabatini said.
  • The president had been accused of years of poor transfer windows, but he’s actually signed some good players.” ROME, ITALY – NOVEMBER 01: Gustav Isaksen of S.S.
  • It’s an astonishing turnaround from the summer, when supporters were protesting against president Claudio Lotito’s running of the club.

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