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Federico Chiesa’s future has become a story in Liverpool’s summer, largely because last season never really got going for him once again after a slow debut campaign.
The Italian attacker struggled badly for rhythm in 2025/26, with limited starts and modest minutes leaving him on the fringes for long stretches rather than establishing himself as a serious attacking option.
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The 28-year-old only made 33 appearances across all competitions this season but started just twice, totalling only 686 minutes.
In the Premier League, he featured 23 times for a single start and 278 minutes, contributing 2 goals and 1 assist.
It is not difficult to see why the noise has grown louder. Chiesa was unable to force his way ahead of the club’s more established attacking names, and when a player of his profile goes through a season with so little continuity, questions about his long-term place at Anfield are almost inevitable.
However, Fabrizio Romano has suggested the story may not be over yet.
The transfer reporter has suggested that, depending on how Iraola could view him in pre-season, Chiesa wants to “play his cards” during the pre-season set to start July 13:
“There are many questions regarding the name of Federico Chiesa – such as whether he could be a potential target for Juventus, he might join Inter as a right-winger, if there is the possibility that Napoli and Roma could return to him,” Romano said on his Italian YouTube channel.
“Many of you are asking if Chiesa could be one of the protagonists of this transfer market.”
“At the present time the decision made by the Liverpool player is to participate in the preseason – to get together with the new coach Andoni Iraola. Chiesa just wants to play his cards in preseason at Liverpool.”
“If during this preseason it becomes clear that the space between Chiesa and Liverpool is limited in that case he could become a name for the Italian market in the last weeks of the transfer market,” the Italian transfer guru explained.
“It is not an operation for late June – not for these days.”