Federico Chiesa left out of Italy squad again despite Liverpool revival

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Federico Chiesa had been expected to be named in Gennaro Gattuso’s Italy squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers, but the forward has been overlooked again. While his role has still been limited, in the first two months of this new season Chiesa has already clocked a third of the minutes he managed in the entirety of his debut campaign at Liverpool.

A big factor in that has been Chiesa’s availability, with the trip to Galatasaray in midweek the first he has missed so far with a fitness concern. But despite this – and reports in Italy claiming he was in line for inclusion – the Liverpool attacker has again been left out of head coach Gattuso’s squad.

An ever-present in Italy’s ill-fated run at the Euros, Chiesa has been absent ever since having been frozen out at Juventus and then struggling for minutes at Liverpool. Chiesa is after all Slot’s joint-most used substitute so far this season, coming on in five of Liverpool’s 10 games.