Federico Chiesa: The first interview✍

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00:00How are you feeling now it's done and you are a Liverpool player?

00:20It's been so far a great day and I'm so happy to be a Liverpool player.

00:25When Richard Hughes called me and he said do you want to join Liverpool and the coach

00:30called me I said yes immediately because I know the history of this club, I know what

00:36it represents to the fan and so I'm so happy and I can't wait to get started.

00:44As you say it has happened quite quickly, from what you said there was it an easy decision

00:49to make?

00:50It was, it was for a lot of reasons and because I felt immediately that the people I talked

00:58to put a lot of faith and trust in me and that is what I wanted and so it's really great

01:07to be here, it's a dream come true for me to play for Liverpool and to play in the Premier

01:11League which is the best championship in the world.

01:15How were those last few days for you, for your family, for your wife, you know this

01:20move is coming, how are you feeling?

01:24Well we were all happy, I mean fortunately enough it was as I said before an easy decision

01:33because of Liverpool and everything and nothing, we enjoyed every bit and I still need to talk

01:41to my family because today was a really busy day but I'm grateful because my wife is here

01:49with me and she was amazing because as soon as I said Liverpool she said yes I'm coming

01:57with you, it's a fantastic opportunity for your career and for our family.

02:04As you say it's been a busy day today, what have your first impressions been since you

02:08landed in Liverpool, since you came to the training ground, since you met some of the

02:11staff?

02:12The people here are amazing and I felt a great empathy and I've already done a lot of tests

02:23but that is part of my job and I just want to say something that stuck to my mind, when

02:33I was about to land with the aeroplane I saw Anfield and as soon as I saw Anfield I said

02:41to my wife put the song on, you'll never walk alone because I want to imagine myself

02:47playing there and hearing the chant of the fan and this song so it was just a fun bit.

02:56How do you imagine that will feel when it happens for real?

03:02I will have chills, do you say this?

03:04Is it good to say?

03:05No chills, I just say shivers, we have shivers and it will be so emotional for me and for

03:14my family.

03:15You mentioned you had the chance to speak with the coach, Arne, what kind of things

03:19did he say to you about coming to Liverpool?

03:22He just told me about his football style, what he wants from me, what he wants from

03:29the team and I said to him that I'm coming to help the team and to help win trophies

03:37which is the most important thing and it's what the Liverpool fans want the most.

03:45Obviously you join a squad with a lot of good attacking options, how much are you looking

03:50forward to playing with those attackers and even competing with them for a place in the

03:54team?

03:55In Liverpool there's a lot of competition in every role because it's a big club, it's

04:07a top club, one of the best in the world so I know that I was coming here with a lot of

04:13competition in my role too because in front of me there are players like Salah, Luis Diaz,

04:19Cody Gakpo, Jota Nunez and I know what they're capable of but I know what I'm capable of

04:26too so I'm here to give my best and to give my best to the fans too.

04:33You're going to take the number 14 jersey at Liverpool, is that a number that has any

04:37significance to you?

04:38Yeah it has actually, it's the number I've been wearing with the national team but it

04:45was an easy pick because Liverpool sent me a video and at the end of this video I was

04:55showing my career, the goals I scored with Fiorentina, Juventus and at the end it was

05:00like me with the number 14 shirt on so I said ah, it was destined to be so I chose the number

05:0814.

05:09So you mentioned before you haven't played at Anfield, your dad has, I'd just like to

05:15show you something.

05:26I know this goal, I know this.

05:29They didn't tell me that he scored this at Anfield.

05:33It's at Anfield in Euro 96.

05:36Nice, he didn't tell me about this because usually when we speak about Euros he doesn't

05:42want to speak about that because I say that I won it and he hasn't won it so he always

05:50talks to me about the goals he scored and that he scored more than me and that I have

05:56to reach him and so that's what we talk about but he hasn't talked to me about that.

06:02Is it a little strange seeing that your dad scored at Anfield?

06:07Yes it is because I didn't know it was Anfield but we have a picture of him celebrating after

06:15he scored that goal but honestly I didn't know it was at Anfield so this is a great

06:22memory for my family, my father and so I think my father is happy for me to join Liverpool.

06:29Has he said anything to you about the move?

06:31He said go.

06:33As soon as he heard Liverpool he said go, it's the best choice for your career.

06:40Seeing what your dad did at Anfield, how much do you want to now do that for Liverpool?

06:47It would be nice to score on my debut but I'm here to enjoy my football, I'm here to

06:54win trophies, I'm here to help my teammates and the coach and as I said before to give

07:01my best.

07:02You said you're here to help, you're here to challenge for a place, how do you describe

07:07yourself as a player?

07:10I describe myself as a player who is very, very competitive, who wants more and I'm here

07:17because I want more for my career.

07:20What qualities do you think you can bring to the team?

07:22Intensity, technical qualities, 1v1s and also I hope to score and assist because that's

07:34what an attacking player has to do.

07:38Do you think those qualities complement the way Liverpool play, do they suit the way Liverpool

07:42play?

07:43I hope so, in the future I hope so yes but I came here because I think I can give something.

07:49Just in terms of your own fitness, where are you up to at the moment and how quickly

07:52are you looking to get started here?

07:55As soon as the coach tells me that I can play, I will play, no problem.

08:00And in terms of what you want to achieve now, you're here, you are a Liverpool player, it's

08:04a long-term deal, what are those goals and ambitions for the coming years?

08:08To win, to win trophies, as soon as I enter inside the centre and I looked up and I saw

08:14all the trophies and I want some of them in the near future.

08:20A little bit of inspiration?

08:21Yes, to see the Champions League and the Premier League over there was just amazing.

08:29We always end these interviews very simply, for the Liverpool fans watching this interview,

08:34what would your message be to them?

08:38See you at Anfield and you'll never work alone!

08:44We wish you all the best.

08:45Thank you very much.

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