Liverpool, Chiesa available again. Coach Slot: "We know his qualities, but he must get back in shape"

Liverpool, 13 December 2024 – Federico Chiesa is back at your disposal. The announcement was made by the coach of Liverpool, Arne Slott, confirming his call-up for the match against Fulham. "We still have one training session, Federico has been out for a while, last week he was ill so let's see how he feels."

The problem of insertion

The Dutch coach continued: "What makes things difficult is that we play a lot. What he needs is to play but if you have been stopped for five to six months it becomes complicated for a coach to give you space, because you don't know what to expect. Maybe the match with Southampton – Wednesday's match in Lega Cup – it might be a good time to give him some minutes and then we'll know a little better what we can expect from him. We know his qualities but he has to get back into shape. Training is not the same as playing but to play you have to reach a certain level of fitness and if you are playing for the championship or the Champions it's not always easy to find those minutes, unless you're up 4-0 or 5-0. And so far I think it's only happened once, with Bournemouth at home, when we were up 3-0 at half-time. For the rest, they were all hard-fought games, right down to the last second."