Federico Chiesa has been omitted from Liverpool’s squad for his or her pre-season tour of Hong Kong and Japan, whereas Luis Diaz will make the journey regardless of being linked with a switch.
Chiesa joined Liverpool from Juventus final 12 months however struggled for normal minutes as Arne Slot’s facet stormed to the Premier League title.
He didn’t make his first begin within the competitors till the penultimate matchday, in a 3-2 loss to Brighton, and his six league appearances solely amounted to 104 minutes.
Chiesa has beforehand hinted a return to Serie A may very well be on the playing cards and has been linked with Inter, Milan and Roma.
He was not among the many 29 names chosen to journey to Asia, although experiences recommended Liverpool had left him at residence on account of a minor health difficulty.
Chiesa performed and scored as Liverpool beat Stoke Metropolis 5-0 in a behind-closed-doors pleasant on the membership’s Kirkby coaching floor on Sunday.
Darwin Nunez – who has been linked with Napoli however will make the journey to Asia – scored a 15-minute hat-trick, whereas 16-year-old winger Rio Ngumoha was additionally on track.
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Diaz didn’t function towards Stoke however has been named within the Reds’ pre-season tour squad, having been linked with a transfer to Bayern Munich.
The Colombia worldwide is reportedly eager to go away Anfield, however Liverpool worth him near €100m (£86.6m) and are stated to have rejected a €67.5m (£58.4m) provide from the Bundesliga giants.
Diaz featured in 36 of Liverpool’s 38 Premier League video games final season, beginning 28.
He scored 13 objectives and equipped 5 assists, with solely Golden Boot winner Mohamed Salah (29 objectives) outscoring him for the Reds.
Current signings Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong will participate within the pre-season tour, as Liverpool proceed to work on a deal to signal Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt.
