Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has admitted health points proceed to plague summer time signing Federico Chiesa, however denied rumours the winger may very well be loaned out in January.
Having been frozen out by Juventus, Chiesa sealed a £10m transfer to Anfield in the summertime, however he has seen simply 78 minutes throughout three appearances to this point this season and has not featured in a matchday squad for over a month.
Experiences in Italy lately steered Liverpool may ship Chiesa again to Italy on mortgage within the January switch window and, whereas Slot firmly dismissed the hypothesis, he acknowledged Chiesa is locked in an actual battle to get himself match sufficient to contribute.
“[Parting ways with Chiesa] hasn’t gone by means of my thoughts in any respect,” Slot burdened. “Firstly is that he will get match once more after which we will see the place he’s.
“He missed pre-season [with Liverpool] and in pre-season [with Juventus] he was on low depth classes as he needed to practice with three or 4 gamers separate from the group. Going from then to a high-intensity league, to a high-intensity taking part in fashion is troublesome generally for each participant, however particularly for those who had a pre-season like this.
“We knew this earlier than and we knew we needed to be actually cautious to regulate the place we may to his particular person wants. Nevertheless it hasn’t been good but so we’re looking for the fitting manner of constructing him up with out overloading him. That has been troublesome up till now. I’ve full confidence that can occur. Let’s let him first be match.”
Requested when Chiesa may return for Liverpool, Slot confessed: “It is at all times a bit troublesome to say as he goes a bit up and down. Typically he’s there with us coaching a number of days after which he goes out by means of harm once more.
“I do not need to put days or perhaps weeks on it as we simply have to ensure he will get in the very best form and do not put any strain on him by developing with dates.”
