Big club in contact to sign £7.8m-a-year Liverpool player who FSG want out

A big European club have joined the race to sign a Liverpool player who the Reds are willing to move on ahead of the 2025/26 season.

Busy summer on the cards at Liverpool with multiple exits possible

It promises to be a busy summer at Anfield, despite Arne Slot’s side being on course to lift the Premier League title over the coming weeks.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are all out of contract at the end of the campaign, with the former of the three looking on course to join Real Madrid in a free transfer.

Van Dijk and Salah could follow the right-back out of Merseyside, however, Liverpool could also cash in on a number of players. Darwin Nunez has been linked with an Anfield exit, whereas Newcastle United have also made an offer worth more than £50m to sign Harvey Elliott.

Another player linked with a move away from Merseyside has been Federico Chiesa, who scored Liverpool’s consolation goal at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final last month.

Picking up £7.8m per year at Anfield following his move last summer, Chiesa has been of interest to Serie A side Lazio, with Liverpool ready to accept a loan offer for the Italian.

However, Lazio may not be able to afford his £150,000 per week salary, and it looks as if another Italian club has made their move for the attacker.

La Repubblica journalist Giulio Cardone, relayed by Sport Witness, shared a transfer update on Chiesa, this time involving AS Roma. He stated that Roma, who won the Europa Conference League in 2022, have made contact over a loan move for the forward, something Liverpool have been willing to approve.

Former Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri, now in charge in the eternal city, is the one who appears to be pushing for a deal.

“A mission that Ranieri has in mind is to regenerate Federico Chiesa. Contacts have already been initiated for the loan of the player from Liverpool to Roma. We will see if it is a negotiation that can develop and in what way.”

Chiesa has made close to 300 appearances in Italy for Fiorentina and Juventus, however, it hasn’t gone to plan in England with Liverpool.

The 27-year-old has played just 387 minutes of action for the Reds, scoring twice and providing two assists in all competitions.

Now, with Liverpool and FSG ready to move him on in the summer, Chiesa could benefit from a loan move back to Italy for the 2025/26 season, making a transfer to Roma one to watch.