How Federico Chiesa really views his future at Liverpool and why he’s ran into ‘problems’ this season

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With just eight games of Liverpool’s season remaining, a number of players are coming up on their final weeks at the club.

It has been a fascinating season on Merseyside, and looks likely to end in the most glorious of ways.

However, once the dust has settled on what will hopefully go down as a Premier League-winning campaign, Arne Slot and Richard Hughes are set to get to work on culling the Liverpool squad.

One of those who could well be on the way out is rarely-used forward Federico Chiesa.

Chiesa was a surprise arrival at Anfield towards the end of the summer transfer window. But despite some bright moments, Slot clearly does not trust the Italian, handing him only 11 appearances all season long.

Fresh reports this week mooted a return to Italy for Chiesa, with Roma named as an interested party. And as he faces a decision over his future, it has been revealed how Liverpool’s No.14 is really feeling.

Federico Chiesa hoping for Liverpool stay

After scoring in the Carabao Cup final in March, Liverpool fans wanted to see Chiesa start the Merseyside Derby on Wednesday.

But, true to form, Slot left the 27-year-old on the bench. His bright cameo at Wembley seemingly meant little and Chiesa appears to be back to square one.

Despite this frustration, though, Chiesa has always appeared happy and according to journalist Christian Falk, the European Championship winner is still keen to stay and prove himself at Anfield.

“Not true: Ex-Bayern candidate Federico Chiesa wants to leave Liverpool in the summer,” Falk said in his Fact Files column. “He wants to fulfil his contract until summer 2028.”

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“He was also not interested in the winter interest from Napoli, Inter Milan and Lazio because he wants to assert himself on Merseyside.

“The fact that he has had problems so far is due to his two injuries,” the reporters adds. “He wants to show Liverpool this season just how valuable he can be.”

Can Chiesa salvage Liverpool career?

Should Chiesa leave this summer, it would not be a surprise to anyone. However, he would do so with the feeling that Liverpool have not really given him the chance to succeed at the club.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	30	22	7	1	70	27	43	73
2	ArsenalArsenal	30	17	10	3	55	25	30	61
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	30	17	6	7	50	35	15	57
4	ChelseaChelsea	30	15	7	8	54	37	17	52

The former Juventus man clearly has what it takes to play a bigger part in the team than he has during 2024/25.

Perhaps with a full pre-season under his belt things can be different and Chiesa can really kick on next summer. With changes planned in the forward line, maybe he can capitalise on that and convince Slot.

As Falk mentions, Chiesa still has three years left to run on his contract at Liverpool. He still has plenty of time to make his case and in our opinion deserves at least the chance to do that.

Chiesa’s father has reiterated his son’s happiness recently and it’s possible that Fede has been told that while this season is ultimately a write-off, he will be given more opportunities next season. We’ll just have to wait and see.