Arne Slot has warned Federico Chiesa there is no guarantee of starting opportunities as he outlined the size of the task his Italian striker faces.
Chiesa changed into the best signing Liverpool made ultimate summer time season who right away joined the squad however matters have now no longer long past in accordance to devise for him considering the fact that he arrived on Merseyside; indeed, there has already been lots communicate in Italy that he should go back to Serie A in the course of this window.
Slot, Liverpool’s head coach, has been complimentary approximately the traits of Chiesa, who cost £10.6million while coming back from Juventus in August, however a mixture of things suggest that he has been restricted to simply one zero five mins at the pitch throughout 4 appearances.Many could have regarded the FA Cup 1/3 spherical tie with Accrington Stanley as the correct second for Chiesa to begin however Slot – who’s thinking about related to highly- appeared kids Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumha in his squad – has suggested in opposition to making assumptions.
Given the 27-year-old’s herbal role is coming in from the proper aspect of attack, the impediment that Mo Salah locations in the front of him is great and Slot pointed to the Egyptian for example of the requirements to which Chiesa have to aspire.
‘Every sport is a hazard for each participant to get a few gambling time,’ stated Slot, who hopes to have Jarrell Quansah to be had after he changed into withdrawn withinside the defeat to Tottenham on Wednesday, having been feeling the lingering consequences of illness.‘It has now no longer best been hard for (Chiesa) for all of the belongings you simply stated in phrases of in shape health , it’s also that he has to compete with the likes of Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz,
Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah – and each person right here is aware of the numbers that Mo brings in.There aren’t typically or motives to take Mo out in the course of a sport or earlier than a sport . He is likewise so fit. I’ve stated typically earlier than he changed into the fittest participant who got here lower back for pre-season and he does the whole thing each unmarried day to preserve his in shape health and he desires to play each unmarried sport .’
Stressing the point, Slot continued: ‘He indicates up each unmarried sport . So it isn’t best approximately Federico while we’re speakme approximately his restricted gambling time. It is likewise approximately the others. But in phrases of Federico, he has to cope with the manner he got here in past due begin to pre-season.
‘The relaxation had been already education loads so we needed to deliver him up in phrases of in shape health . It’s a mixture of motives why he did not play that lots however let’s be patient withinside the coming weeks and months if he’s capable of assist us – the second one 1/2 of of the season is even extra vital than the first.’
On the capacity of Nyoni and Ngumha being involved, Slot stated : ‘Trey has been withinside the squad typically already, I assume Rio changed into in once – Southampton away – however those gamers are doing actually properly and doing properly after they play with the under-21sSo so long as they preserve doing that the possibilities of them getting their second withinside the first group will growth of course.’