Of greater importance in the long run, however, was Sergio Cragnotti's purchase of the club, and left-wing player Giuseppe Signori.
Following the season, Vieri left the club for Inter, accusing chairman Sergio Cragnotti of lying to him.
With the arrival of the new club president, Sergio Cragnotti, Lazio qualified for European competition becoming one of the world's strongest teams.
Cragnotti presided over perhaps the most successful period in Lazio's recent history, plowing in record amounts of money which attracted such luminaries as Pavel Nedvěd, Christian Vieri and Marcelo Salas.
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