Reja: Kolarov still a Lazio player

12 July 2010 11:13
azio coach Edy Reja expects Manchester City target Aleksandar Kolarov to turn up to pre-season training on July 20.[LNB] The club have slapped a 22.5million euro price tag on the 24-year-old left back, who has been strongly linked with a move to City this summer.[LNB]The Serbia international is under contract with the Serie A outfit until June 2011 and Reja insists he is still very much a Lazio player.[LNB]"I don't consider Kolarov a former Lazio player," Reja told Corriere dello Sport.[LNB]"I spoke to him yesterday and I told him that on July 20 he should consider himself among the players included in the list for pre-season training.[LNB]"If before that something happens in the transfer market then things will change."[LNB]Earlier this month, Lazio reportedly turned down a £12million bid from Real Madrid to sign Kolarov.[LNB]Kolarov, who can also play in midfield, joined Lazio from OFK Beograd in the summer of 2007 for 800,000 euros.[LNB]

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