Federico Chiesa could well leave Liverpool before the start of next season, and AC Milan are apparently keen on signing him.
As Calciomercato.com report, Chiesa will receive a Premier League winners’ medal as he reached the appearances required during the defeat to Chelsea on Sunday. Prior to that, he had managed just four appearances and 18 minutes in the league.
Those numbers show that Arne Slot has not found anything close to a central role for the forward, who cost Liverpool €12m last summer. The decline therefore continues for the 27-year-old, who many presumed to be the Azzurri’s best player in recent years.
Chiesa has paid the price for competing with many top players for a spot in the team, as well as a ‘relationship that never fully blossomed with Arne Slot’. This is why there is an air of separation, and in the next few days Fali Ramadani will be in Liverpool to take stock of the situation.
A return to Italy?
Chiesa is torn. On the one hand, in perfect line with his ambitious character, he would like to redeem this very disappointing season with Liverpool but on the other hand there is a strong desire to return to being a protagonist in a project tailor-made for him.
The former Juventus man, at 27 years old, is in the prime of his career and every year lost weighs twice as much. The most plausible scenario is that of a return to Italy, where there are two teams above all that like him.
Napoli are ready to welcome him with open arms, while Geoffrey Moncada would like to bring him to Milan. Two ambitious clubs to relaunch one of the best Italian players might just be enough to tempt him.
