AFCON 2025
Super Eagles midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru has expressed his commitment to improving his game under new manager Maurizio Sarri ahead of the new season.
Dele-Bashiru says he’s ready to help the team whenever he’s called him upon as vowed to up his numbers: goals and assists.
The 24-year-old midfielder spoke to Lazio Style Channel after Lazio’s 1-0 loss to Fenerbache in a preseason friendly.
Of course I am happy that I am still here for my second year at Lazio. I am looking forward to a very good season with the team.
Hopefully we can qualify for Champions League. Hopefully we can have many good games for the fans.
For my objectives, just try to help the team as much as possible, if that’s with goals and assists, if I’m giving me chance I’ll try to prove myself.
I am confident next season will go well for me and the team, let’s see how it goes.
We’ll take it one step at a time, let’s have a good pre-season. Hopefully, we will win the next few games which will get us in a good position for the beginning of the season.
He added he will be a better player if he continues to train well as he revealed what it has been like training under Maurizio Sarri.
He’s a very, very top-level coach. Every one is happy to have him here. For me, a player that hasn’t had that much experience at the highest level, it’s important for me to be focused in training, listening to his tactics.
If I carry on with these trainings, I will grow to be a strong player.
Ahead Of Lazio’s next preseason match against Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray, he warns how difficult the tie will be given his experience in the Turkish League.
However, the former Manchester City Academy product went on to reveal how his team can get a win ahead of the tie.
When I was at Hatayspor, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray were very good teams, very difficult to play against. They have a lot of quality players that have played in all the top leagues before.
The most important thing is to get an early goal and take the fans out of the match. If you can do that, then you should have a good game against them but it’s always difficult to get an early goal against teams like this,” Dele-Bashiru concluded.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru has a decent debut season with Lazio as scored five goals and provided three assists in 29 matches.
