A former coach of Federico Chiesa has whetted Liverpool followers’ already voracious urge for meals to see the Reds’ newest first-team signing in movement at Anfield.
The 26-year-old achieved a switch from Juventus within the course of the tip of the summer season change window, and whereas he’s however to play for his new membership, the supervisor who handed him his senior debut eight years prior to now has backed the Italy worldwide to be a smash hit on Merseyside.
Paulo Sousa, who gave our amount 14 his bow at Fiorentina in 2016, knowledgeable Gazzetta dello Sport: “I actually like Federico. I believed in him when he wasn’t even participating in throughout the Primavera. I carried out him immediately in the direction of Juventus on the first day of the 2016/17 season.
“The harm just some years prior to now modified his occupation, nevertheless at Liverpool, he’ll make an precise distinction. He’s an unbelievable experience.”
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If Chiesa comes anyplace close to dwelling as a lot because the billing of his former supervisor, he’ll make a mockery of the preliminary £10m that Liverpool paid for him.
He arrives at Anfield with an excellent pedigree from his time in Serie A, the place he’s netted 47 targets in 235 appearances, and a return of six targets from 13 Champions League outings signifies that he can also make a telling impression on an important stage in European soccer.
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The Italian’s earlier harm troubles are laborious to ignore and should serve to temper expectations of him in some quarters, nevertheless hopefully he can stay away from the niggling issues that he’s had every now and then since recovering from the cruciate ligament tear which sidelined him for 9 months in 2022.
Must Chiesa go on to turn into an unqualified success at Liverpool, we’ll owe a debt of gratitude to Sousa, who took a punt on a precocious 18-year-old virtually a decade prior to now and acquired the ball rolling on a occupation which has seen the Italy star develop right into a European champion for his nation.
It’s been a while since a Reds participant’s debut was as eagerly anticipated as this one goes to be!
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