He rejected Ac Milan to play for Liverpool, now he regrets it and wants to leave in 2025

After a difficult start to the season with just 4 games in a Liverpool shirt, Federico Chiesa is aiming to return to Italy on loan to relaunch his career. Napoli are in pole position to challenge the big Italian competition, but the transaction does not seem easy.

It was one of the most tempting transfers of the last transfer market of the summer. After several weeks of confrontation with Juventus over his departure and rumours involving AC Milan, Napoli and FC Barcelona, ​​​​Federico Chiesa ended up finding a base in England, at Liverpool. Arne Slot thus reinforced his offensive armada with a new element of great talent, which already had Mohamed Salah, Luis Díaz, Diogo Jota, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Núñez.

For Federico Chiesa, this first adventure outside Italy, after Fiorentina and Juventus, was a golden opportunity to regain his form without pressure after his cruciate ligament tear in 2022. However, the Italian winger cannot escape the negative spiral he has been in for several years. The Reds and the Premier League should have given him the impetus for his rebirth, but so far Federico Chiesa has definitely spent more time in the stands than on the pitch or on the bench.

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“I said before that he made it very difficult for me, because normally in pre-season a player plays three, four or five games and is only out for four or five weeks. Instead, he has been out for so long that it is not easy to get him back to his best level, but it is good to see that he has already shown some quality today. But the same thing happens to him as to the youngsters, it is not enough to play at this level, you have to compete with Mo Salah, Cody Gakpo, Lucho, Darwin and Diogo.

But it's good to see that he's back and that he's had some good moments in the game," explained Arne Slot. The former Juventus player remains a big mystery at Liverpool. In fact, since the start of the season, the 27-year-old has only appeared four times in total, or 123 minutes. Before coming on to the pitch in the League Cup against Southampton, Federico Chiesa had not set foot on a pitch since the end of September.

An expected return to Italy

the player would like to find minutes and a status in line with his talent. If he doesn't want to leave Liverpool permanently, the Italian striker would look for a loan this winter, if possible in Italy. Several Italian clubs have already asked for information: Inter Milan and Napoli top the list, both determined to strengthen themselves in the race for the Scudetto, but also Fiorentina, who would like to repatriate their former player to take advantage of his formidable start to the season.

Arne Slot's Reds are also looking favourably on the loan: "I don't know if we saw things the same way, but I think what I saw corresponds to what we can expect. If a player is out for five or six months, you shouldn't expect too much. I've seen ups and downs. I've seen some really good moments and I've seen moments where I felt he could do better than that. For me, it's completely normal for a player to be out for so long and play his first game in five or six months," the Dutch coach recently said. Federico Chiesa's salary, set at around €7.5 million net per season, is an important factor that makes negotiations difficult.

For an Italian club to be able to afford Chiesa's loan, Liverpool will have to cover part of the Italian international's salary. With a contract until 30 June 2028, the attacker wants to relaunch his career after several months of alternating with numerous physical problems that hampered the start of his adventure at Anfield. According to our sources, Luciano Spalletti, coach of the Nazionale, convinced the Genoese to try the Italian market to regain confidence and regularity, even promising him a return to the national team. Therefore, a return to Italy is the most likely scenario if Federico Chiesa leaves.