Image for Wow: Liverpool could now permanently sell “special” player in January with Chiesa
Image for Wow: Liverpool could now permanently sell “special” player in January with Chiesa
Federico Chiesa has been linked with a move away from Liverpool in the January transfer window, and now another player could also reportedly leave then.
The Italian is out of favour under Andoni Iraola, and there is no sign of that changing, with ex-scout Mick Brown talking up an exit midway through the season:
“It’s been clear for quite a while now that Federico Chiesa doesn’t have much of a future at Liverpool. He hasn’t been a regular starter there under any of the managers he’s played under, and I don’t think that’s going to change now because Andoni Iraola doesn’t rate him either.
“He’s obviously had this injury at the start of the season which hasn’t helped, but if the manager can’t see him in training, how is he supposed to get a good impression? It might not be the player’s fault, the timing is unfortunate, but ultimately that’s the way these things can go sometimes.”
But it looks as though Harvey Elliott could also potentially join Chiesa out of the Liverpool exit door in January, depending on his situation in Valencia.
The 23-year-old is currently on loan at the Spanish side, but according to Football Insider, the Reds “intend to sell” him if Valencia terminate his deal early.
It is claimed that “the La Liga side are searching for a way to bring the loan deal to a premature close”, and there is a “growing expectation that he will be sent back to Anfield”, putting him back at “square one.”
Is this the right time for Liverpool to sell Harvey Elliott?
Elliott’s career is at a crossroads, having struggled under Arne Slot before being loaned out to both Aston Villa and Valencia, and it doesn’t feel like his future is at Liverpool.
He has always given his all for his boyhood club, but sadly, he doesn’t quite have the physicality to make the grade there, with his level arguably that of a mid-to-lower Premier League team.
Elliott has now had two hugely disappointing loan spells, and if he does exit Valencia in January, he needs to leave Liverpool for good and find a club who he can settle at for years.
Former Reds captain Jordan Henderson once called him “special”, and there is no denying his natural ability, but he needs more than that to be a long-term success story at Anfield.