In case you missed it (I had), Lazio is struggling.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7244347,00.html
What I think is interesting about this article is the idea that Lazio's attempt to play football on a budget has failed. Club President Claudio Lotito sounded vaguely like a Moneyball-style baseball manager when he annouced a new strategy: "The theory that who spends most wins is no longer valid. The winner is the one who carries out a proper project, based on values."
And he put a salary cap on players: a maximum salary of 500,000 euros. That's not really too far off of MLS salaries...
And how did they do?
Their first two years, they finished in European positions, which I think shows that President Lotito is right. You can compete in Europe on a budget. At the same time, they've struggled mightily this year and might be relegated, which shows the limitations of a strategy like this without debunking it entirely.
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