Davide Ballardini is delighted to be taking charge of Lazio.

The former Palermo coach was presented to the Rome media yesterday and said: "I want to make a plan that allows us to improve even more. Lazio always have the job of being competitive.

"It's a very stimulating challenge for me. It will be a beautiful window in which we have to show ourselves.

"The players will have to demonstrate professionalism and put in a lot of work. Lazio have great potential, but they will have to show it in daily application.

"We will need to put the players I have available to me in the best condition to express themselves in the best way they can," Ballardini said.

"Then we'll find the right system. At the moment I will not speak about how Lazio will play, but we have clear ideas on how to lift the quality of the players that we have at our disposition.

"I am not a trainer, who speaks a lot because I prefer to always respond with facts," he added before revealing his plans for the transfer market.

"Only players worthy of Lazio will arrive. We still haven't spoken about names. If a player goes away another will arrive of equal or better quality."