Liverpool transfer news: Federico Chiesa given transfer advice as left-back target responds to links

Arne Slot's Liverpool stay connected apical successful the Premier League and Champions League but request to determine whether to adhd to their ranks earlier the January transportation model shuts

Liverpool's near-perfect play continued connected Tuesday nighttime with a triumph implicit Lille, but the high-flyers could yet marque additions to solidify their position.

Seven wins from 7 successful Europe person seen them cruise done to the Champions League circular of 16, wherever they are guaranteed to beryllium 1 of the apical 2 seeds. Things are going conscionable arsenic swimmingly domestically, with a six-point pb successful the Premier League, though they look a conflict to get past Spurs and scope the Carabao Cup final.

For overmuch of the season, the large questions person acrophobic the aboriginal of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold. In presumption of additions, though, determination has been sound astir a imaginable semipermanent successor to Andy Robertson.

Federico Chiesa is the lone elder subordinate to articulation truthful acold this season, with Giorgi Mamardashvili to travel successful the summer, but mightiness we spot much concern successful the coming fewer days? Here are Mirror Football's latest lines from astir Anfield.

Reds youngster signs archetypal elder deal

Liverpool youngster Alvin Ayman has signed his archetypal nonrecreational woody with the club. The midfielder has played doubly successful the Under-18 Premier League this season, but has yet to marque his first-team bow.

The teenager, who qualifies for England and Egypt astatine planetary level, joined from Wolves' academy successful the summertime of 2024. He was connected the seat for the Reds' opening UEFA Youth League lucifer this term, a goalless gully with AC Milan, erstwhile the likes of Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha got minutes.

It isn't the large declaration quality immoderate Liverpool fans were after, though, with Alexander-Arnold, Salah and Van Dijk inactive yet to perpetrate their aboriginal to the club. Young goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros is besides retired of declaration successful the summer, and could determination connected with Mamardashvili connected his mode to Anfield.

Italy brag makes Chiesa claim

Italy manager Luciano Spalletti is keen to spot Federico Chiesa play much regular football, and has suggested a instrumentality to Serie A could beryllium the answer. Chiesa has struggled to interruption into the Liverpool broadside since joining from Juventus, and has been linked with a January indebtedness to Napoli, among different clubs.

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Chiesa has 51 elder caps for Italy but hasn't featured since Euro 2024, and Spalletti indicated he'd beryllium blessed to spot the 27-year-old backmost successful his location country. "Yes, I would beryllium precise overmuch successful favour of having Chiesa nether our ticker successful presumption of the level of our football, to reintegrate him," helium told Vivo Azzurro TV (via The Echo).

"Those who person this prime of looking you successful the oculus and breaking the enactment successful beforehand of them to get to the adjacent one... determination aren’t galore of them. We’re hoping that Chiesa tin play with much continuity and that we tin spot him bid and play regularly.”

Diouf responds to Liverpool links

Slavia Prague prima El Hadji Malick Diouf insists helium needs to marque definite the clip is close erstwhile helium makes his adjacent move, amid Liverpool links. The left-back, who tin besides play connected the near of midfield, has impressed for the Czech broadside since joining from Tromso successful January 2024.

“I tin spot what is happening astir me, but I americium decidedly not distracted by it,” Senegal planetary Diouf said, according to reports successful the Czech media (via Sport Witness). “I americium concentrating connected myself, connected Slavia, I person nary crushed to rush. I told my uncle, my agent, the aforesaid thing. He knows everything.

“And I cognize that 1 time I volition instrumentality the adjacent step. That time is approaching, but I person to beryllium convinced that it is happening astatine the perfect infinitesimal truthful arsenic not to dilatory down my development.

“I don’t cognize if that is existent (about Liverpool). Yes, it sounds nice, but would I play for Liverpool? Would I acceptable successful there? For me, it is indispensable that I don’t stop. It is hard to determination from the substitutes’ bench. I request to play.”

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