Claims that Federico Chiesa might depart Liverpool to return to Serie A this month haven’t cooled, with near-constant updates from Italy over the winger’s future.
It was again in October that Chiesa was first linked with a transfer again to Italy on mortgage, and on the time it appeared nonsensical to counsel that might be the case.
However with the £12.5 million summer time signing nonetheless struggling to interrupt into Arne Slot‘s first-team squad following a prolonged battle for health, the hyperlinks with an exit have continued.
Previously week alone, experiences from Calciomercato, Turin-based newspaper La Stampa and Firenze Viola have all claimed Chiesa might depart Anfield in January.
La Stampa claimed that Napoli, Inter Milan and Atalanta can be open to a deal however would require Liverpool to pay a portion of the winger’s wages, that are mentioned to be round £120,000 per week.
Fiorentina, AS Roma and AC Milan have additionally been touted as potential locations if Chiesa does depart Merseyside mid-season.
It’s a unusual state of affairs, however the persistent rumours – that are nearly every day at this stage – might trace exercise from the participant’s agent as he makes an attempt to safe a transfer.
Nevertheless, it might merely be the relentless nature of the hearsay mill in Italy, which is thought to be one of the doubtful of markets on the subject of soccer transfers.
Arne Slot has been constant in his method with Chiesa, telling reporters after he was unnoticed of Sunday’s 5-0 win over West Ham: “With Federico I’ve mentioned it many instances already, we’re engaged on two issues.
“We’re engaged on his match health and every time we will, we attempt to convey him on the bench with the staff.
“However he was on the bench throughout the week and we thought it was higher for him to have some additional coaching periods as an alternative of becoming a member of us, so it’s a relentless stability we’ve to search out between getting him fitter and fitter and letting him be part of the staff.”
In a short replace on Friday, the Occasions‘ Paul Joyce additionally recommended that the plan is for the No. 14 to remain, explaining that “Slot needs six attackers for his squad and so the main target is on bringing Chiesa up to the mark.”
Nonetheless, the frequency of experiences linking the 27-year-old with a transfer again to Serie A is definitely intriguing – and it’s notable how few Italian gamers settle within the Premier League, with solely 9 within the prime flight at current.
Liverpool predict a quiet January switch window, with the extension of Rhys Williams‘ mortgage at Morecambe and the recall of Calvin Ramsay displaying the calibre of enterprise probably, however Chiesa’s state of affairs is value maintaining a tally of.
