Overview
- Lazio manager Gennaro Gattuso publicly declared that left-back Nuno Tavares is “worthy” of Real Madrid following Lazio’s recent 2-2 draw with AC Milan.
- Tavares has become a regular starter for Lazio, recording roughly 11 assists in just over 60 appearances and leading the team in crosses, duels won, completed dribbles and progressive carries this season.
- Gattuso praised Tavares’s pace and two-footedness while warning the player needs time to recover after matches and mental guidance to reach his full potential.
- Coverage links Gattuso’s endorsement to renewed transfer speculation about interest from top clubs, but reporters say there are no confirmed offers and Lazio bought Tavares from Arsenal after a 2024 loan for a reported fee near £7.5m.
- Tavares’s rise completes a career arc from Benfica to an unsettled spell at Arsenal and loans in France and England to a clear revival in Rome, and his next steps will depend on sustained form and off-field progress.