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title: "Lazaar discusses his future after failed Genoa switch"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Osman"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2018-08-22T21:05:42Z"
modified: "2018-08-22T21:05:42Z"
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# Lazaar discusses his future after failed Genoa switch

Newcastle United defender Achraf Lazaar is willing to work hard for his place at the club but has admitted that a return to Serie A remains an appealing proposition ahead of the January transfer window.

Lazaar looked all but set to complete a loan switch back to Italy late on in the Serie A transfer window. Genoa were pressing to complete a loan deal for the left-back but saw their efforts amount to nothing, with a deal falling through.

The Moroccan spent last season on loan at Benevento but struggled to convince. Nevertheless, interest remained prevalent in the summer transfer window.

![Stu Forster/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2018/08/680010432.jpg)

Lazaar, as quoted by [Inside Futbol](https://www.insidefutbol.com/2018/08/22/newcastle-united-star-wont-rule-out-january-serie-a-move/387177/), has recently been talking about his future plans and insisted that he would be open to working hard to force his way up the pecking order under Rafa Benitez.

> I will work hard to get back to the top and be the protagonist, if not I will look around.

Paul Dummett remains Newcastle’s first-choice left-back but Lazaar is not worried about what the future will hold, as he admitted that he would be more than receptive to a move to Genoa despite the summer deal collapsing.

> Obviously, Italy and Serie A always remain in my heart. Try again with Genoa in January? Why not? I know Davide Ballardini well, he trained me at Palermo.