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Lazio give up on Carrizo? Saturday 18 August, 2007

Lazio could be forced to seek another goalkeeper after new passport problems hit Juan Pablo Carrizo.

The River Plate shot-stopper had agreed a £5.1m move to the Stadio Olimpico, but only if he was able to attain an EC passport.

This weekend it has emerged that the paperwork provided to prove his Italian relatives is not enough to satisfy the authorities.

The last Italian-born figure in his family tree left the country in 1870 for Argentina and he has to prove that none of the following five generations formally gave up their Italian citizenship.

If the bureaucracy drags on, then Lazio will be left without a first choice goalkeeper when the season kicks off on August 25.

Following Angelo Peruzzi’s retirement, the only other real option is 43-year-old Marco Ballotta.

Having already waited over a month to achieve this paperwork, the Biancocelesti are tired of hanging on and could now look for a new Number 1.

Livorno’s Marco Amelia was an option, although he is also a target for Sven Goran Eriksson’s Manchester City.

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