Liverpool are prepared to lose Federico Chiesa after just six months to sign Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, according to reports.

The Reds have made a fantastic start to the new season, with Arne Slot leading Liverpool to the top of the Premier League after ten games in the season.

Slot couldn’t have asked for a better start after replacing Jurgen Klopp in the summer. Liverpool They won eight of their first ten Premier League matches.

Reigning champions Manchester City are two points behind them, while last season’s runners-up Arsenal currently sit fifth and seven points behind Slot’s men.

One of the players who have struggled to make any impact on the Reds’ climb to the top of the Premier League table was Chiesa, signed in the summer.

Liverpool reached a deal to sign the Italy international from Juventus for £12.5 million in the summer in the hope that he would provide competition for other attacking players.

However, Chiesa has made just one appearance in the Premier League this term and two further appearances in the League Cup and Champions League.

The Italian has played just 78 minutes in all competitions since joining Liverpool in August and there are rumors that Liverpool could sell him in January.

Milan Live he claimed that Liverpool made a sensational swap offer to Milan that would see Chiesa go to Italy and Reijnders to Anfield.

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The report insists Chiesa ‘could even ask to leave’ if things do not improve at Anfield, with Liverpool now looking to ‘use him as a bargaining chip’.

It was Liverpool who offered Chiesa to Milan in exchange for the English’s real target: Milan midfielder Reijnders, who is also Tottenham’s transfer target.

The Premier League side are hoping to pull off a ‘crazy swap involving the Dutchman and Chiesa’, with Slot demanding a midfielder from the Liverpool hierarchy.

Nevertheless, Football Insider he said yesterday He said Liverpool ‘does not intend to allow striker Federico Chiesa to leave the club in the January transfer window’.

Football Insider touched on the news that Serie A team Como may try to transfer Chiesa from Liverpool in the January transfer window and added:

‘Reports in Chiesa’s hometown suggest a loan offer will be made to Liverpool, but sources say it is ‘very unlikely’ the Reds will accept it.

‘The winger has been out of the squad at Anfield in recent weeks due to injury.

‘Chiesa was unlucky but his fitness problems were one of the reasons why Liverpool paid a fee of just £12.5 million to sign him in the summer.

‘The deal is believed to be seen as ‘risky’ in some quarters on Merseyside, but he is expected to return to action in the coming weeks and play a role for the Premier League leaders.’