Federico Chiesa hasn’t had probably the most excellent first season at Liverpool, making solely 11 appearances (with three begins) since his transfer to Anfield in late August.
He discovered the online within the Carabao Cup closing at Wembley just lately, but it surely wasn’t one to have a good time because it got here in stoppage time throughout a 2-1 defeat on a wretched night for the Reds.
There was even hypothesis in January that he might make a immediate return to Serie A just some months after leaving Juventus for Merseyside, though his father has now come out to insist that such rumours are properly vast of the mark.
What did Chiesa’s dad need to say?
Enrico Chiesa – himself a former Italy worldwide who had a distinguished enjoying profession with the likes of Parma, Fiorentina and Lazio – gave an interview to Tuttosport through which he proclaimed that Federico is kind of pleased together with his lot at Liverpool.
The 54-year-old mentioned: “Federico is doing nice in Liverpool. He’s in a prime membership that’s first within the league and now we hope they win the Premier League! He’s there to play his playing cards; he has an excellent probability.
“This summer season I informed him what I’ve been telling him since he was little. In actuality, till he was 15 he didn’t play usually and when he requested me ‘What ought to I do?’, I informed him to maintain coaching, not to surrender, to be prepared when his time got here.”
When requested if the Reds’ quantity 14 had any doubts about leaving Juventus seven months in the past, Enrico shot again: “Regrets are the justifications of the defeated. No, no regrets.”
Is it time for Slot to place extra religion in Chiesa?
In fact Chiesa want to have performed extra in his first season at Liverpool, however having not had a correct pre-season as a result of being frozen out in Turin previous to his transfer final summer season, Arne Slot has been cautious to not overload the 27-year-old throughout a busy marketing campaign through which the Reds have performed in 4 competitions.
Nevertheless, with the Italian having spent the worldwide break on the AXA Coaching Centre quite than jetting off for Azzurri responsibility, and with LFC having simply 9 extra matches to play this time period, perhaps the top coach will probably be extra inclined to launch the handbrake with regards to managing the ahead’s minutes.
Even earlier than discovering the online at Wembley final weekend, Chiesa had a vivid cameo off the bench and seemed far sharper than lots of his attacking teammates who floundered in opposition to Newcastle.
Having seen Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez all battle for type in current weeks (six targets in 49 appearances mixed in 2025), perhaps it’s time that Slot places extra religion within the former Juventus star, who deserves to have some extended success go his means after having nearly no luck in any respect since coming to Liverpool.
Hopefully we’ll see the 27-year-old making up for misplaced time within the run-in to what might nonetheless be an excellent season for the Reds.
