Arne Slot has explained the impact Liverpool’s schedule is having on chances of game time for players like Federico Chiesa, admitting it is “not an ideal world.”
Chiesa is running out of opportunities as his first season at Liverpool nears an end, with little indication that he will come into contention.
The summer signing has been an unused substitute in the last seven games in all competitions and his last start for the club came in the 1-0 loss to Championship side Plymouth in the FA Cup.
Even with Cody Gakpo only half-fit, Slot opted against sending Chiesa on in the Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
That served as an indictment of his lowly position in the squad at present, with the…