Wanting To Keep Playing In The Champions League, Ciro Immobile Refuses To Saudi Arabia

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile has rejected the offer to play in Saudi Arabia. (Twitter @OfficialSSLazio)

JAKARTA - Striker Ciro Immobile wants to stay at Lazio because he can compete in the Champions League. This is what makes Immobile refuse a lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia.

Immobile doesn't want to leave Rome. His agent, Marco Sommella, said that Immobile prefers to continue playing at Lazio despite being offered a big contract from the Saudi Arabian club.

According to Sommella, Immobile's dream of always playing in the Champions League made her want to stay in Europe.

Immobile himself again showed his sharpness when contributing victory to Lazio in the Champions League. He scored a brace as Biancocelesti won 2-0 over Celtic which passed the team to the last 16.

"He will be in the news if he doesn't," Sommella said jokingly. According to him, it is normal for Immobile to score goals rather than the former Italian national team striker not to break into the opponent's goal.

"Unlike other players, he really enjoys every game in the Champions League rather than moving to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates (UAE)," said Sommella again.

"He has a heart and soul in every game. The problem is a lack of respect. I remember two years ago when [Lorenzo] Lucca scored a number of goals for Pisa. Then the media urged him to be called up by the national team. This clearly made me laugh. The media even burdened players like him," he said.

Immobile, who entered season eight with Lazio, was recruited from Sevilla in 2016. Although he has scored 162 goals for Lazio in the Italian Serie A competition, Immobile is said to want to leave the Olimpico.

Moreover, Lazio has brought in striker Taty Castelanos, which costs quite expensive, reaching 20 million euros.

The presence of Castellos makes Immobile no longer the first choice. But he is still ready to compete for a place in the first team.

"The choice has been made. He is happy at Lazio which has been running for seven years. He is already very happy which is difficult to replace with money from oil," said Sommella.