Welcome to Liverpool FC, Federico Chiesa Cavaliere

[red g]

Lets hope he can be a bit more, Its only 4 years ago he was in the 100million bracket.

[Charly]

Lets hope he can be a bit more, Its only 4 years ago he was in the 100million bracket.

Really. He doesnt stand out in any meaningful way. What was he doing to garner that valuation?

[BG1973]

A lot. Team of tournament euro 2020.
He was a huge talent.

Hopefully he can get more mins and show everyone he's got a lot to offer.

[Mr Pink]

I don't think that I'm going to enjoy and cheer another goal as much as that again this season. Absolute scenes

This one aged well

[Catrin]

He was quite lively and played quite well. He’s worth keeping

[Exiled_red]

This one aged well

[SB]

This one aged well

There’s always someone lurking in the background just waiting for. I loved Fede’s goal last week as he wasn’t shown much love or trust last season but bounced back & took the goal well. Rio’s was super special though, first PL goal in a hostile away game when we looked 2nd best for most of the game & he nicks all 3 points.

[red g]

Pivotal again tonight with his pass to Salah

[BobTheCharmer]

Is it right he is out of the champions league squad?

I would have thought he would be more effective against European teams. I hope he still gets minutes now isak is here.

[peterbread]

I think it’s due to the homegrown numbers available which means they can’t register as many players as usual. Someone explained somewhere else I thought I’d copy it so everyone can see the reasoning.

The full squad on the UEFA site is:

GKs

Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman

DFs

Gomez, Endo, van Dijk, Konaté, Kerkez, Bradley, Leoni, Robertson, Frimpong

MFs

Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Gravenberch

FWs

Isak, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitiké, Ngumoha

We only have 5 locally-trained players out of 8 maximum: Woodman, Gomez, Bradley, Frimpong, Jones, so our max squad size gets reduced from 25 to 22.

Ngumoha will become locally-trained next season I think, but he's currently not old enough to count.

This can be supplemented by "List B" players who are essentially the academy kids. So Nyoni, Bajcetic, Nallo etc.

[Exiled_red]

I think it’s due to the homegrown numbers available which means they can’t register as many players as usual. Someone explained somewhere else I thought I’d copy it so everyone can see the reasoning.

The full squad on the UEFA site is:

GKs

Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman

DFs

Gomez, Endo, van Dijk, Konaté, Kerkez, Bradley, Leoni, Robertson, Frimpong

MFs

Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Gravenberch

FWs

Isak, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitiké, Ngumoha

We only have 5 locally-trained players out of 8 maximum: Woodman, Gomez, Bradley, Frimpong, Jones, so our max squad size gets reduced from 25 to 22.

Ngumoha will become locally-trained next season I think, but he's currently not old enough to count.

This can be supplemented by "List B" players who are essentially the academy kids. So Nyoni, Bajcetic, Nallo etc.

For UEFA competition for players to be eligible for the U21 list they have to have been at the club for at least 2 years (as well as meeting age requirements) for UEFA neither Leoni or Rio meet this criteria so to play need to he included on the main list (this isn't the case for the PL).

You would imagine if the Guehi deal had gone through Leoni would have been the one to miss out instead of Chiesa but we can't afford not to register 4 CBs. Interesting though as it also suggests Rio is ahead of Chiesa inches pecking order as he could have also chosen one or the other

[Irishnev]

Another reason to be pissed off we didn’t sign Guehi

[peterbread]

Interesting that they’ve picked Rio ahead of Chiesa. Big vote of confidence and I’ve got to say I like it. I’m sure Chiesa is disappointed but backing in the youth will always get my vote.

I suppose when you’ve got both Frimpong and Dom able to play in those attacking roles it does give you cover with more experienced players as well.

If Guehi comes in January it might mean a reshuffle and Chiesa can be picked then.

[labourRed]

It's a bit embarrassing for Chiesa but he looks like a good sort. Rio getting minutes in lesser games will be good for development though and if we need Chiesa we've got bigger problems.

[DerKrampus]

We can re-register CL players mid way through right?