Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi is furious over claims he's been demanding a pay-rise.

It was reported Acerbi, who has a deal to 2023, had been seeking terms worth €3.5m-a-year.

“I read some things in the newspapers that weren't true," Acerbi told RAI Sport while on international duty with Italy.

“It wasn't true about the figures that were mentioned, both the offers and requests, but also it irritated me that these things were being discussed via the papers and not in the opportune venue.

“I think that I showed the right degree of respect towards the club. I would hope they would therefore talk to me via the right channels and not through the media.

“That annoyed me. If this is their attitude and they continue like this, maybe a contract renewal is no longer what's on my mind."