{"id":282615,"date":"2025-07-22T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282615\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:37:10","slug":"federico-chiesa-linked-with-6-clubs-after-liverpool-tour-omission-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282615\/","title":{"rendered":"Federico Chiesa linked with 6 clubs after Liverpool tour omission &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a data-ail=\"324249\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/federico-chiesa\/\" title=\"Federico Chiesa\" rel=\"noopener\">Federico Chiesa<\/a> is claimed to have missed Liverpool\u2019s pre-season tour of Asia due to a minor injury, but the winger is again linked with a transfer to Italy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chiesa was surprisingly absent when Liverpool named a 29-man squad travelling to Hong Kong on Sunday, having scored in <a data-mil=\"324249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/07\/florian-wirtz-debuts-and-darwin-nunez-scores-hat-trick-in-liverpool-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 5-0 friendly win over Stoke<\/a> hours previous.<\/p>\n<p>But it was soon reported that the 27-year-old had been <a data-mil=\"324249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/07\/federico-chiesa-and-10-others-not-on-liverpools-pre-season-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left out due to a fitness concern<\/a> seemingly picked up in that victory at the AXA Training Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Given his standing within the squad there has been no shortage of speculation since, with it widely expected that Chiesa will leave either on loan or permanently this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Since the news of Chiesa\u2019s omission, he has been linked with at least six clubs in Serie A, including Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli have already made contact<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P2025-05-25-Liverpool_Crystal_Palace-80-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, May 25, 2025: Liverpool's Federico Chiesa with the trophy, as the team celebrate becoming Champions for the 20th time, after the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-322049\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corrieredellosport.it\/news\/calcio\/calcio-mercato\/napoli\/2025\/07\/22-142118158\/bivio_napoli_grealish_o_chiesa_in_attacco_per_conte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corriere dello Sport<\/a> claim Napoli want to sign either Chiesa or <a data-ail=\"324249\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/man-city\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a>\u2018s Jack Grealish after failing to land a deal for Atalanta\u2019s Ademola Lookman.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli already <a data-mil=\"324249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/06\/liverpool-in-contact-for-darwin-nunez-and-federico-chiesa-double-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made contact with Liverpool<\/a> over a possible deal for their No. 14 over a month ago, when they also began enquiries into <a data-ail=\"324249\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/darwin-nunez\/\" title=\"Darwin Nunez\" rel=\"noopener\">Darwin Nunez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, with Lookman poised to join Inter Milan, broadcasters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportitalia.it\/2025\/07\/21\/esclusiva-atalanta-blitz-per-chiesa-a-12-milioni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportitalia<\/a> have claimed Atalanta are also interested in signing Chiesa as his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Atalanta are said to be willing to pay \u20ac12 million (\u00a310.4m) if Liverpool \u201ccontribute substantially to his salary,\u201d while they could offer the attacker a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/liste\/chiesa-fuori-dal-progetto-liverpool-napoli-milan-roma-inter-e-ritorno-alla-juventus-tutte-le-opzioni\/blt2fc95c49d9ca544f#cs29d0e3214adfb278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calciomercato<\/a> have also touted Inter as a possible destination for Chiesa along with <a data-ail=\"324249\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/ac-milan\/\" title=\"AC Milan\" rel=\"noopener\">AC Milan<\/a>, AS Roma and former club Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>Chiesa told to leave to reclaim Italy spot<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Italy-v-Spain-UEFA-Euro-2020-Semi-final-24-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Federico Chiesa of Italy poses for a photograph with the Heineken &quot;Star of the Match&quot; award after the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Semi-final match between Italy and Spain at Wembley Stadium on July 06, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Morton - UEFA)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-307997\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>While the player himself has insisted he \u201c<a data-mil=\"324249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/06\/federico-chiesa-confirms-talks-planned-wouldnt-mind-staying-at-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wouldn\u2019t mind staying<\/a>\u201d at Liverpool, all signs point to a departure this summer \u2013 and a return to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his unveiling as new head coach a month ago, Gennaro Gattuso made clear Chiesa must \u201c<a data-mil=\"324249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/06\/federico-chiesa-again-urged-to-leave-liverpool-after-talks-with-new-italy-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play consistently<\/a>\u201d in order to make his Italy squad in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn these days I called 35 players, I spoke to everyone,\u201d Gattuso told reporters at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven Chiesa, to whom I told to play consistently. They are players who have been out but who can lend a hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the pitch speaks: if you do things well, the doors of the national team are open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiesa only started four games for Liverpool last season, coming off the bench a further 10 times and going unused on 14 occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federico Chiesa is claimed to have missed Liverpool\u2019s pre-season tour of Asia due to a minor injury, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-282615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114897161008223942","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}