With the official opening of the January transfer window last week, the Italian winger’s future at Anfield has already been the subject of much speculation a little over four months since he arrived from Juventus in a cut-price deal worth £12.5million and penned a four-year contract.

The agent of Federico Chiesa has provided the latest transfer update on the Liverpool forward who has been linked with a shock exit in the January transfer wind

Liverpool paid in the region of £12m to sign the Italy international from Juventus during the summer transfer window in a deal regarded as a significant coup. However, Chiesa has been restricted to just 123 minutes of action spread across four appearances, just one of which has come in the Premier League.

Federico Chiesa has made just four appearances for Liverpool since joining the club from Juventus in August, with the Italy international battling fitness issues

Federico Chiesa only joined Liverpool in the summer transfer window but the Italy international could make a swift return to Serie A in January with several top clubs pursuing a loan deal

Despite the rumor that the Italian international ‘has requested’ to leave Liverpool just six months after joining, Tuttomercato reported Liverpool are not considering loaning out Chiesa. The article attributed sports journalist Niccolò Ceccarini as their source for the news that any transfer rumors must be discarded ‘for the moment.’