Former Lazio sports director Igli Tare says he had a good relationship with president Claudio Lotito.
Tare left the club last season after 15 years with the Romans.
He told Il Corriere dello Sport: “President Claudio Lotito is a great mind, he has incredible determination and willpower. They are his strength, but also his greatest flaw. I'm grateful for all the things I learned.
“He called me at 2 in the morning: 'Are you sleeping?'. 'Did something happen?' I answered, and he talked for half an hour.
“There were more arguments than moments of peace. But he has extraordinary strength, he forgets within ten minutes."
On the decision to leave, Tare also said: “My choice or Lotito's, what does it matter? They said he had sent me away, lies. I made the decision, and he shared it, he was fine with changing paths, directors and doing something else.
“A year ago, at the beginning of the season, I told him in advance that I would leave in June, that the one that had just begun would be the last.
“I only asked to go out with honour, with dignity. That's what happened. As with a marriage that ends naturally."