Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa has now provided a significant update regarding his Reds future beyond this summer, following two seasons at the club to date.
The Italian moved to Anfield from Juventus in 2024, but Liverpool supporters are yet to see the best of him, and there have been doubts over his future.
Despite this, Chiesa has now told The Athletic‘s James Pearce that he wants to remain a Reds player moving forward into the new Andoni Iraola era:
“Right now, at the moment, I am happy here at Liverpool. I love the club, I love the fans, I love everything. I am doing the best I can to have a chance here and then we will see. At the minute, the only thing I am thinking about is Liverpool.
“It is always a fresh start at the beginning of the year. Maybe there have been too many fresh starts, but I don’t care. I am trying to do my best for this new manager. Last year I also felt ready to play a bigger role, but then it depended on whether the coach wanted me to play or not.
“The gaffer had his game plans, he took his decisions, I have nothing to say about that. This year, let us say it is a new chapter. There is a new manager and I have to focus on that.”
Does Liverpool keeping Federico Chiesa make sense?
As mentioned, Chiesa has underwhelmed in a Liverpool shirt to date, but if he is happy, keeping him for one more season certainly has its merits for the Reds.
Granted, injuries can be an issue, and his impact off the substitutes’ bench hasn’t exactly been game-changing, but he is still a player who has been described as “world-class” by Alessandro Pierini in the past.
Liverpool aren’t blessed with wide options currently, and while Chiesa would have to accept being down the pecking order once new signings come in, he would provide squad depth.
The key now is to see how happy Iraola is with the 28-year-old, and whether he sees him as a useful player to have around; his goal in the 4-2 win over Sunderland over the weekend won’t do any harm.
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