Liverpool have introduced their 23-man travelling squad for the membership’s journey to the San Siro for a Champions League tie with AC Milan – and Federico Chiesa has been included.
The information was formally confirmed by the Reds’ X account on-line following the Italian’s involvement in senior crew coaching this afternoon.
Federico Chiesa is a part of our 23-man travelling squad for Tuesday’s Champions League opener with AC Milan 👇
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 16, 2024
The previous Juventus star has but to make his debut for Arne Slot’s facet, with the Merseysiders possessing extraordinary depth within the ahead line.
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The Merseysiders can be hoping to get again heading in the right direction after fumbling laborious towards Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest facet on the weekend.
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Might AC Milan current Chiesa with a cameo alternative?
We’re open to choice surprises in Italy, however it might be fairly the present of early religion to see Chiesa’s title on the teamsheet forward of our Champions League opener towards Paulo Fonseca’s facet.
We’re of the thoughts that the 26-year-old is much extra more likely to be pressured to attend for his alternative one other week or be granted just a few minutes of first-team aggressive motion to whet his urge for food.
How have Paulo Fonseca’s AC Milan carried out in 2024/25?
It’s been a really troublesome begin for AC Milan’s new boss, Paulo Fonseca.
The 51-year-old supervisor has overseen one win, two attracts and a defeat in his begin to life with the Rossoneri – a run that sees the European giants languishing in mid-table with solely 5 factors to their title.
Actually, that is precisely the sort of fixture we ought to be trying to capitalise on after such a disappointing exhibiting on Saturday.
Sure, there’s the San Siro ambiance to take care of, but when we present a critical enchancment tomorrow in Italy, we’d be keen to place cash on it being one other extraordinarily troublesome event for Fonseca to deal with.
Liverpool’s 23-man travelling squad: Alisson, Gomez, Endo, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Mac Allister, Salah, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Jota, Tsimikas, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jaros, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Morton, Bradley
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