Arne Slot of Liverpool hopes that Federico Chiesa, who he signed from Juventus this summer, can give Mohamed Salah some competition.
Following a strong start to the season, Liverpool’s players are currently overseas on international duty. With three wins out of three in the Premier League and no goals conceded Arne Slot’s club has a flawless record thus far.
Federico Chiesa is a fresh acquisition for the Reds who has not yet been included in the lineup. After losing favour at Juventus, the Italian signed a contract to join Anfield for an estimated sum of £12.5 million.
The winger gives Liverpool’s forward options more depth and strength, so it looks like a wise move to bring him in. However, the winger’s past injury problems should raise some concerns, and Sporting Post investigation confirms that.
More than any other Liverpool player, the 26-year-old has missed at least one week of action due to injury, with an average of 95.6 days each season. Given that Chiesa played in just 10 games for Juventus in all competitions the previous season and just 18 in 2021–2022, it is conceivably not shocking.
Ibrahima Konate, a centre-back who has missed 88.8 days due to injury, is listed next, followed by striker Diogo Jota. Among the players with the lowest injury rate, Alexis Mac Allister has missed an average of 15.4 days due to injury, while Wataru Endo has only missed 12.8 days due to injury.
Stephen Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Kitman Laboratories, has offered a potential remedy to avoid harm issues in the future. Having worked with hundreds of other sports teams and groups in addition to the Premier League, Smith’s company is a specialist in sports science and performance intelligence.
He told the Manchester Evening News back in May that “we typically can’t isolate a single variable and proclaim that it’s the lone contributing factor.” “The true question must be asked if we are to get the answer. What matters is what we know or understand about the contributing factors that lead to it, not “what’s the main cause.”
“The goal is to get a deeper comprehension of what athletes perform, how they recuperate, and how they move and sleep.
“Additionally, it’s understanding each athlete’s strength and fitness profile at the same time, and being able to track, monitor and quantify all these things, then understand and identify the patterns that are occurring before injuries emerge, which will allow clubs to make better decisions in the future and apply those insights or that intelligence to how they manage their athletes going forward.”
