Arne Slot has confirmed he plans to make use of Federico Chiesa and Liverpool’s wider squad extra usually within the coming weeks, saying the winger “wants minutes.”
Chiesa’s debut was fleeting, seemingly standing prepared to return on for longer than he was allowed on the pitch, changing Mo Salah for the ultimate 4 minutes of stoppage time at AC Milan.
It was clearly a giant event for the Italian winger, who joined from Juventus within the remaining days of the summer time switch window in a deal price £12.5 million.
However having spent nearly all of the summer time coaching away from Juventus’ first workforce, it has been repeatedly pressured that Slot would take warning along with his new No. 14.
Nonetheless, chatting with beIN SPORTS after Liverpool’s 3-1 win on the San Siro, the pinnacle coach was requested if followers would see extra of him quickly.
Requested Arne Slot how Federico Chiesa is progressing in his return to full health, after making his debut final night time.
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“Yeah, I believe we are going to,” Slot replied.
“We’ll see extra of the gamers that haven’t performed loads at present or in different video games sooner or later quickly.
“However [Chiesa] will get fitter and fitter. He had a tough pre-season as a result of he was not all the time in a position to practice with the primary workforce of Juve, so he needed to practice loads on his personal.
“Then it takes a little bit of time to get your match health. It’s getting higher and higher.
“He wants enjoying minutes now, however he has competitors from some good wingers as nicely, so let’s see once we’re going to make use of him.
“However he’s going to be a giant asset for us, an excellent participant us, that’s clear. That’s what we knew earlier than we signed him and it’s additionally what we see on the coaching floor now.”
Liverpool are two video games right into a run of seven video games in simply 22 days, with Bournemouth, West Ham, Wolves, Bologna and Crystal Palace to return over 15 days earlier than the October worldwide break.
It stands to cause that Slot will make use of extra rotation throughout this era, having made two adjustments to his beginning lineup for the journey to AC Milan.
Chiesa is more likely to be a type of used extra prominently, permitting Salah precious relaxation throughout a powerful begin to the marketing campaign for the suitable winger.
Tuesday additionally noticed Joe Gomez given his first minutes of the season whereas Wataru Endo made one other temporary outing, with Curtis Jones, Darwin Nunez, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah and even perhaps Tyler Morton to return into rivalry too.