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Reja close to quitting Lazio

23 February 2012-DPA

Edy Reja appears set to quit his coaching job at Serie A side Lazio after a reported confrontation with president Claudio Lotito.

The 66-year-old coach has decided not to be with the team in Spain, where it plays a difficult round of 32 second-leg game in the UEFA Europa League against Atletico Madrid on Thursday evening (Friday morning AEDT). The Spanish side won the first leg 3-1 in Rome last week.

The Repubblica daily said on its website on Wednesday that Reja had an animated meeting with Lotito and sporting director Igli Tare after a 5-1 league defeat at Palermo on the weekend. Lazio is fourth in Serie A.

It appears the Reja's relationship with the Rome club worsened in recent weeks over the lack of new arrivals in the January transfer window.

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