Federico Chiesa is ready to affix Liverpool after the Reds agreed a reported £10.7 million preliminary price for the Juventus winger.
Giorgi Mamardashvili apart, Chiesa ought to grow to be Liverpool’s first summer season signing with the golf equipment reportedly selecting a price of £10.7 million plus add-ons, in accordance with Fabrizio Romano.
The Athletic‘s David Ornstein reported: “The Premier League membership have made journey preparations for the Italy worldwide to fly to Liverpool in an effort to full the transfer.
“He’ll bear a medical in Merseyside with private phrases in place on a four-year contract.”
What Chiesa can carry to Liverpool
Whereas Chiesa maybe isn’t a ‘marquee’ signing, he’ll present much-needed cowl for Mo Salah on the correct, which means Liverpool will now have a backup for every of their entrance three positions.
At 26 years previous, the Italian has loads of time left on the clock and the one factor moderating followers’ pleasure over the participant’s abilities is his harm report.
Transfermarkt signifies he has suffered 22 completely different accidents in complete, with the worst being a cruciate ligament tear that stored him out of 45 matches over 269 days within the 2021/22 season.
That ACL harm led to a number of knock-on points; having suffered solely 5 accidents within the three seasons previous to the 2021/22 marketing campaign, lacking simply 16 video games, he has since had 17 harm points in three seasons since and missed 84 video games.
Nevertheless, there have been optimistic indicators in current instances, with the video games he has missed step by step lowering since 2022.
Whereas he might have misplaced a few of his lightning tempo that was so evident in his standout Euro 2021 marketing campaign, there is no such thing as a doubting Chiesa’s expertise on the ball.
He has constantly proved himself an distinctive dribbler lately and could possibly be an incredible choice when Salah wants a relaxation.
During the last 12 months, he has managed 4.57 progressive carries per 90 minutes, say FBRef.
This places him within the prime one % of dribblers amongst comparable gamers in Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
He additionally ranks extremely with regard to progressive passes, that are deemed as accomplished open-play passes within the attacking two-thirds of the pitch that transfer the ball not less than 25 % nearer to the aim.
In that respect, he has accomplished 9.05 per 90 minutes during the last 12 months, inserting him within the 91st percentile of comparable gamers in Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
That every one sound like rather a lot to grasp? Principally, it interprets to him being a direct winger who drives in direction of aim and may be very optimistic on the ball.
Ought to the switch recover from the road, he could be a wonderful addition to the squad if he can keep match.
