Matteo Guendouzi and Dimitri Payet played together at OM. While he knows the current Lazio resident very well, the 37-year-old veteran announced that he will become a world-class player when he proves more decisive. Questioned on the subject, Matteo Guendouzi affirmed that he was going to take up the challenge launched by Dimitri Payet.
After two seasons of good and loyal service toIF, Matteo Guendouzi signed for Lazio Rome during the summer of 2023. Under contract until June 30, 2028 with the Biancocelestithe 25-year-old midfielder has not forgotten his cohabitation with Dimitri Payet has Marseille (2021-2023). Indeed, Matteo Guendouzi is working to meet the challenge posed by the 37-year-old veteran, who currently plays at Vasco da Gama.
“I can score 5-8 goals a year”
« Do you feel the need to be more decisive now too? This is something I want to improve on. I project myself a lot so I need to score more goals and make more assists. I think it will come. I'm less in an offensive role, but I know that I can score between five and eight goals during the year, it's a goal that I have in mind. confessed Matteo Guendouzibefore adding a layer.
“We laughed about it when we were at OM”
« Dimitri Payet recently told us that if you started to have statistics, you were going to become a world-class player… That's nice, especially from a guy like Dim'. We laughed about it when we were at OM, we did finishing exercises after training and I wasn't the best. Especially with guys like him, (Arkadiusz) Milik, (Cengiz) ünder… It's an important milestone for a midfielder to pass.”declared Matteo Guendouzi during an interview given to The Team this Saturday evening.
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