Inter Milan ready to make OFFER for Liverpool forward

Liverpool have got plans to onboard Florian Wirtz as soon as possible.

With the club locked in negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen over the £126m-rated playmaker, there are hopes that the 22-year-old will be playing in the Reds’ first pre-season friendly of the summer.

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Wirtz will swell the attacking ranks at the club by one and, with Jeremie Frimpong also capable of playing right-wing, it will mean an overabundance of attackers for Arne Slot.

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Something has got to give - and we are set to see the excess in the squad trimmed off. Ben Doak could be sold in order to generate transfer income and there are no guarantees over Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez either.

The writing is on the wall for Chiesa

Also tipped for a summer exit is Federico Chiesa. It’s been a season to forget for the 27-year-old Italian, who joined from Juventus for £12.5m back in September.

The Italy international only managed SIX Premier League appearances - for a total of around 104 minutes - and failed to win over Arne Slot on the rare occasions that he started in other competitions.

The writing was on the wall as early as January for the homesick winger - with several clubs in Italy queuing up for his signature.

Transfer talk is again materialising for Chiesa this summer with Calcioblog now describing his return to Serie A as a “necessity” for his career.

“The English experience has not borne the hoped-for results and now the 1997-born player is reflecting on the future, with an increasingly clear desire: to return to Italy,” a report reads.

“A return to Serie A that would not only be a transfer operation, but a real necessity to relaunch.”

Inter want to strike deal for Chiesa

The report then links Serie A runners-up Inter Milan as the prime candidates to land Chiesa. Moreover, a price is given for the wideman with Inter prepared to pay €18m to €20m in order to land him.

That represents a MASSIVE discount on Chiesa from his Juventus days when he was one of the hottest prospects in Italian football.

“If two years ago Chiesa's price tag exceeded €70 million, today - thanks to the contract expiring in 2026, the inconsistent performances and the few minutes accumulated - his value has drastically reduced, arriving at an estimate of around €18-20 million,” the report reads.

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“A figure that is decidedly more accessible for Inter's coffers, who are carefully looking at the opportunity to bring to Milan a player eager for redemption and still in the prime of his footballing maturity.

"Nothing has been decided yet, but the signals are clear: Federico Chiesa wants to return to Italy and Inter is among the most serious candidates to welcome him.”

It looks like Chiesa’s future is going to be resolved soon one way or another.