Solskjaer eyes Chiesa as a part of Besiktas rebuild
Federico Chiesa has emerged as a possible summer season acquisition for Besiktas, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer exploring choices to reshape his squad forward of the 2025–26 marketing campaign. Turkish aspect Besiktas, who endured a disappointing season ending 33 factors adrift of Tremendous Lig champions Galatasaray, are anticipated to be lively within the switch market beneath their new supervisor.
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, Besiktas have up to now carried out what’s described as an “exploratory survey” to find out whether or not Liverpool would entertain presents for the Italian worldwide. There isn’t a formal supply on the desk at current, however preliminary contact suggests Solskjaer is critical about bolstering his attacking choices.
Chiesa, 26, can also be on the radar of Napoli, who’re reportedly extra superior of their curiosity. The ahead, who joined Liverpool final summer season, has endured a irritating debut marketing campaign at Anfield, failing to safe common first-team alternatives beneath Arne Slot.
Chiesa sidelined throughout key Liverpool fixtures
Chiesa’s stint on Merseyside has been underwhelming from a taking part in time perspective. He didn’t begin a big fixture in both the Premier League or Champions League till each competitions had been successfully concluded for Liverpool.
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His Premier League beginning debut got here in Could towards Chelsea, a match that adopted Liverpool’s confirmed title win. In Europe, his solely begin got here versus PSV Eindhoven after development to the knockout stage had already been secured.
Regardless of his struggles for minutes, Chiesa has remained skilled and well-regarded inside the Liverpool dressing room.
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Napoli make first contact over Italy return
Napoli are understood to have initiated dialogue with Liverpool, with the potential for bringing Chiesa again to Serie A gaining traction. The winger beforehand spent his complete membership profession in Italy, turning out for Fiorentina and Juventus earlier than making the transfer to the Premier League.
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Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano make clear the state of affairs, explaining the participant’s present mindset:
“Federico Chiesa desires to go away Liverpool with a little bit of a foul coronary heart, as a result of Chiesa is glad at Liverpool on a membership degree, on a relationship degree along with his teammates, with the coach.
“Briefly, he doesn’t have any sort of destructive relationship with the Liverpool world however Chiesa desires to play. He believes the time has come to play extra.”
Romano additionally famous the impact of latest signings on Chiesa’s standing at Liverpool, stating:
“His accidents have now been fully resolved however in Liverpool he has discovered little house. Florian Wirtz’s arrival at Liverpool means there may be little house for Chiesa to do effectively and for that reason the participant is pushing for a return to Italy.”
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Napoli have already spoken to Chiesa’s representatives and are well-informed of his intentions, though they aren’t alone in monitoring his state of affairs. Romano added:
“From what we perceive, there have been some informative calls with Napoli. Napoli referred to as to know the state of affairs to learn concerning the doable circumstances of the participant’s exit.
“It’s nonetheless too early to point a favorite [target of Napoli’s] however Chiesa is likely one of the gamers Napoli has had contact with. The connection along with his agent is superb and briefly Napoli is knowledgeable of this need on the a part of Federico Chiesa to return to Italy.
“We are going to perceive extra concerning the different Italian prospects for Chiesa if one other membership was to come up. We are going to see what occurs with Milan however as for now we solely know of curiosity from Napoli.”
Liverpool seem open to doing enterprise, significantly given the congested competitors for attacking roles following the arrival of Wirtz. Ought to an appropriate supply arrive, Chiesa could possibly be on his approach out of Anfield after only one season – with Besiktas and Napoli each within the body to safe his signature.