Arne Slot 'feels sorry' for Federico Chiesa after frustrating start to Liverpool career

The Italian was the club’s lone large summertime signing pursuing a daze determination from Juventus but has truthful acold managed lone 3 appearances crossed each competitions.

It remains to beryllium seen if the erstwhile Juve prima volition instrumentality to the squad for Sunday’s immense Premier League travel to Arsenal but Slot confirmed Cheisa’s deficiency of pre-season is having an impact, suggesting helium feels “sorry” astir the winger’s stop-start to beingness connected Merseyside.

“He missed a implicit pre-season, I said this galore times, and going to a league wherever the strength mightiness adjacent beryllium higher than the Italian league” said Slot earlier Wednesday’s triumph successful Germany.

“We conscionable faced the 2 Italian teams truthful I tin accidental this now.

“So that makes it hard for him to marque the measurement towards the strength levels the remainder of the squad is astatine at the moment.

“That has not truthful overmuch to bash with the Italian league oregon the Premier League, that has much to bash with him missing a implicit pre-season and that is truthful hard for each subordinate – erstwhile the games are perpetually determination – to physique them up towards the levels we are at.

“So, hard to say, but it's a large disappointment for him that helium is going successful and retired of the grooming sessions each the time. I consciousness atrocious for him.”