Giuseppe Matteo Masoni, administrative delegate of Lazio, during the radio show "La Voce della Nord" revelead that Jaap Stam did not give his availability to start negotiating an extension to his contract. "The agreement with the Dutch defender," said Masoni, "Will end on the 30th of June 2005 and therefore we won't be taken by surprise. In front of such a sure decision, we have to evaluate the offers that Lazio are receiving for the player.
In such a critical moment we would not do well for the club and its shareholders if we keep Stam till the end of his contract, when we will end up without the player and money that his eventual sale would bring to Lazio."
In the meantime," concluded Masoni, "We are sure that a good and serious player like Stam will always guarantee his best performance on the pitch, whatever his future holds."
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President Ugo Longo, guest on Monday night of Lazialita on TV, made the point on the club's situation and explained certain details of the Stam-case. "We don't want that there is a repeat of the Stankovic-case because we have already paid the consequences of that failed contract extention. Jaap is a great player but his contract expires in 2005 and therefore we are obliged to consider offers that we are receiving for him. In fact the Dutch defender does not want to extend his contract with us and therefore we must not be unprepared in facing a very similar situation to that faced a year ago with Stankovic. We shall see in the next weeks what will happen," explained the biancoceleste president, who in the past days spoke with Stam about his situation
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