Lazio reject Inter's bid for Ledesma
Lazio have turned down a player-plus-cash bid for Argentinian midfielder Cristian Ledesma, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Ledesma is the subject of much transfer speculation with Juventus and Fiorentina also on his trail.
The 27-year-old is now desperate to leave the Biancocelesti after being frozen out of the first team.
He is due to take the club to court later this month in a bid to rescind his existing contract.
Lazio are trying to prevent a repeat of the Goran Pandev scenario and cash in on Ledesma while they still can in January.
According to La Gazzetta, Inter's technical director Marco Branca presented Lotito with a bid of between €5m and €6m plus Rene Krhin, the promising Slovenian midfielder.
Branca apparently offered the same for Pandev when he was still in the capital, but just as in that case, Lotito has rejected the bid.
Inter are also having problems negotiating the transfer of Lazio left-back Aleksandar Kolarov.
Lotito is apparently only prepared to sell the Serbia international at the end of the season, but Inter hold out hope of pushing a deal through at the last minute of the transfer window.
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