‘HE HAD THE RIGHT MENTALITY’ - FIORENTINA JOURNALIST ON LIVERPOOL SIGNING FEDERICO CHIESA

hello everybody and welcome to the Redman TV and your latest episode of expert Insight my name is Dan club I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Fiorentina journalist Andrea giano how are you doing you okay C ciao hello hello I'm okay thank you thank you for inviting me oh no our pleasure thank you so so much for coming on um as a mentioned Fiorentina journalist which means we're here to talk about Federico ker but from his time at your wonderful football club so let's start Andrea I mean he started off at fena very very young obviously in the academy there he was a teenager really when he started playing for the under 19s the prim Vera I think you call it over there what were your first impressions do you remember seeing Kaza for the first time well um I remember federo very young because I usually uh follow the the youth sector of fantina not only in this year but also in the the past year so I remember perfectly kza when he was a a child when he was a a guy and I remember perfectly when in uh 2016 he made his debut on the professionals he made the the preseason with the first team and that's obvious because every season every summer a coach um use Young players with the first team but for us it was a very big surprise when in the first match of Sera and it was a very tough match because Florentina made this debat against Juventus in tourin in the starting 11 there was the name of Federico kesa so for us was a bit surprised but I think that from that day H he he grow up immediately he was uh he show all his Potential from the first match and I think that he he deserved a new adventure like the the new challenge in Liverpool of course yeah absolutely it must be exciting to see somebody that you've seen so young go on to make the career that he has of course now this step to Liverpool you said a new adventure A new challenge for him could you always tell back in 2016 you know when his early days of his career could you always tell he was destined for something really special could you tell he had the talent the ability to be one of the best players in World football if you like well um kza has a very important surname because his father Eno was one of the best players in siia in the last of 90 and I think that he he was destinated to to have a big career as a football player um if I have to be honest um I followed federo when I was not only in the under 19 or under 18 youth sector but also before and uh uh I think that is not a a news so so so common but when he was very young he was very um close to stop playing to playing football because he was not physically developed he has some problems uh very often he was not in the starting 11 so he he was considering the the possibility to stop to playing football but he had an incredible development when he was 17 years old and well when he was in the under 19 that is the last level before the professional debat uh he he grew up immediately and uh he he made this debat with first team and as I told you before he showed all his potential immediately quickly and at the time Fiorentina was a very strong team uh the the the two years before played the semi-final of Europe League the coach was Pao sza it was a very he was it was a very strong team fena at the time so for him it was not so easy to to to have space in a sort in a such of team but he he made good matches he scored some goals and he had all the space he deserved no absolutely yeah he's he's a prestigious Talent there's no two ways about that you've just said that you watched a lot of him under 18s under 19s could back then what was it about him that made him stand out what was it about his ability on the ball and his technical aspects that made him special and I guess you've said already he realized his potential why why why him I guess could we see loads of kids loads of brilliantly thousands of footballers what makes him able to take that step to the next level well he he's a very first of all he's a very smart guy he's very clever so he understand very well what all the coaches he had asked to him for the kind of football fena was playing in that seasons and um well his characteristics are his skills are are very famous because he's very fast he's sppy he's uh he can play as a left wing or right wing probably left wing is the best position uh and obviously he he has a very important characteristic that other teammates uh and in his role uh don't have obviously his score is uh not probably a top scorer but he scor some goals and uh from the first season with a professional uh the profession in the professionals he he start to to score goals important and uh from that time he he improved very quickly and become a very strong player for fantina yeah absolutely yeah can you remember obv watching him in the academy and stuff like that can you remember any moments or any matches or any coaches speaking about him and could you sort of tell back then like I said earlier did you realize how brilliant this youngster was and could be well um I try to to to to to say I think that federo told me some years ago I want to be um I hope you understand what I'm saying um federo kza made his debat with professional in 2016 but after two or three matches he started again to play with under 19 with the youth sector and uh in that moment he come back with the young players with with the UK sector with the right mentality um he considered himself not ready probably to to stay in Syria and with his mentality he made good performances with under 19 he scored a lot of goals and after three or four weeks again he was called with the first team and from that moment uh he was in the starting 11 every every Sunday