For Spalletti Fede was Sinner, for Slot one of many. And then a different management than the one that excluded him from the project, many in Turin who respect him, Italy to be reconquered…
For Federico Chiesa, Juve is still an open wound, a sore point. Because when he was shown the door in July 2024 he believed he could still be an important player in the new project. Instead, he was given no chance to return to the top after the injury and the extreme conclusion was quickly reached, with a year left until the natural expiry of his contract. Those who wanted him out of the project, however, are no longer in Turin today: now some of the people who have always appreciated and supported him publicly are pulling the strings at Continassa. From Spalletti to Chiellini, Chiesa sees a very concrete possibility of taking the redemption he deserves, just two and a half years after the rejection he didn’t swallow.
world dream
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Not everyone shares a place on the team with two champions of the same era. Chiesa played with Cristiano Ronaldo at Juve and with Salah at Liverpool, managing to find space even in their presence. Of course, the Italian’s minutes in the Premier League have been limited again this year and the opportunity to start again from Serie A, without having to experience any other period of settling in, pushes him to reflect: the Reds continue to make him feel important, but if Juve pushes again they can take him back. Chiesa needs clarity at this stage, also because he really wants to go to the World Cup and knows that the main prerequisite for getting there in good condition comes from the matches played. This is why he wants guarantees from Slots.
compared to sinner
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For the Liverpool coach he is a valid player, but nothing to do with the idea of Spalletti who compared Chiesa to Sinner during his time with the national team. Federico also has another sponsor in Turin, namely Chiellini: his captain in the first years at Juve and in the national team until the European Championship won. And he associates the opportunity with the desire for redemption, that redemption that could bring everything back to the beginning of the descending parable. Chiesa asked Juventus for trust after the injury, he can start again from there. With the arrival of Thiago Motta, despite the initial consultations between his agent and Giuntoli on the contract issue (which would have expired in June 2025), the attacker found himself dumped even before making himself available to the new coach, who immediately communicated the decision to cut him.
row
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Between Chiesa and Juve there remains that thread that unites for better or for worse. Because the club continued to think with interest about the Azzurri who could strengthen the Italian base of the squad, finding themselves on the trail of Chiesa; the attacker, on the other hand, despite playing in a top club, has never managed to find the dimension of a decisive player as he has always been in his years on the rise in Serie A. The player sees in Juve the concrete chance of becoming a senator, beyond the role and space available to him immediately: even the possibility of acting as Yildiz’s deputy does not scare him, knowing Spalletti and the two ideas. Chiesa is aware that at Liverpool he would continue to be Salah’s deputy, while in Turin he could seize the opportunity to immediately return to the circle of top players for the new Juventus cycle. When his agent, Ramadani, began to approach the first talks about the renewal, Chiesa first of all wanted to understand what idea the club had about his role in the group within the new cycle: two and a half years after the separation, the two extremities can unite again by intertwining needs.
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