“🚨 Inter Milan have opened informal discussions with Liverpool over a January move for Federico Chiesa. AC Milan, AS Roma, Atalanta and Lazio are also interested in the 29-year-old, who has struggled for playing time.”
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- Fee
- Not reported
- Value
- €10m
- Reporters
- 1
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LazioThis rumour
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Stays at LiverpoolNo move
- ReportingNo trusted reporterOne aggregator reportAgainst the move
- ContractRuns to June 20281 year 8 months left
- LazioSpending under pressureAgainst the move
- FeeNot reportedValue €10m
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Chiesa talk centres on Inter, not Lazio, say unverified reports
The situation
Federico Chiesa's name is back in circulation, but the detail points away from Lazio and towards Inter Milan. The only recent report describes Inter opening informal discussions with Liverpool about a January move, with AC Milan, Roma, Atalanta and Lazio also named as interested parties. There is no sign of direct contact between Liverpool and Lazio specifically, and nothing to suggest talks of that kind have taken place.
The reporting
The story traces back to fussball-news, whose report was carried by Transfer News Live by 30 October. No trusted reporter has backed any of it, and every outlet running with it is a tabloid or an aggregator repeating that same original claim rather than adding fresh detail. That leaves one voice behind the whole story, not several.
The outlook
Given that, a Lazio move before the January window shuts looks unlikely. Chiesa has 18 months left on his Liverpool contract when the window opens on 1 January 2027, so Liverpool are under no pressure to sell him cheaply, and the interest described so far centres on Inter rather than Lazio. For this to happen, Lazio would need to turn vague interest into an actual approach, and Liverpool would need to be willing to let him go for a fee well short of what they paid.
The context
Chiesa is valued at €10m. Liverpool brought him in from Juventus for €12m in August 2024, so even a fee near that figure would represent little more than Liverpool recouping their outlay, not a profit.
What happens next
What would change things is a concrete bid from Lazio, or confirmation that the Inter discussions have hardened into something formal once the window opens on 1 January.
Federico Chiesa’s real transfer fees, for context, not a prediction.
How likely is Federico Chiesa to join Lazio?
Transfer Tracker rates Federico Chiesa to Lazio at 2%, a longshot on the current reporting from 1 reporter.
Where else could Federico Chiesa go?
Besides Lazio, Transfer Tracker's model rates Federico Chiesa's other live options as Valencia 3%, AC Milan 1%, Inter 1%.
