{"id":544636,"date":"2020-02-29T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=544636"},"modified":"2020-02-29T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:23:24","slug":"manchester-united-eye-fiorentina-winger-federico-chiesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/02\/29\/manchester-united-eye-fiorentina-winger-federico-chiesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Eye Fiorentina Winger Federico Chiesa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United manager<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/65cb97b8\/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-8056093\/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-scouting-60million-rated-Fiorentina-winger-Federico-Chiesa.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> sent his personal scout, Simon Wells, to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b0f7e36c\/Federico-Chiesa?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federico Chiesa<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the club<\/a> eyeing the Fiorentina winger.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Eye Fiorentina Winger Federico Chiesa<\/h2>\n<h3>Chiesa at Fiorentina<\/h3>\n<p>Chiesa&#8217;s boyhood club, Fiorentina, are currently experiencing a difficult period, having been more successful at the 2010s\u2019 beginning. They sit 13th in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serie A<\/a>, but are being helped incredibly by joint top scorer and assister Chiesa.<\/p>\n<p>He has been good for the Italian outfit for some time as well. Last season he had 17 direct goal involvements, helping his side to the semi-finals of the Copa Italia. The season before, he had thirteen in Serie A alone, so has been consistent for some time, despite his young age. This has now paid off, with clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/1550981-who-is-manchester-uniteds-60-million-target-federico-chiesa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a> arising from United.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Eyeing a Right Winger<\/h3>\n<p>Several of the Red Devils\u2019 players have found form this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a1d5bd30\/Marcus-Rashford?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> played wonderfully on the left-wing until his injury in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d93c2511\/Scott-McTominay?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott McTominay<\/a> has become one of the best young midfielders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>, and other players including youngsters <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5e74d6c8\/Brandon-Williams?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Williams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/58eee997\/Mason-Greenwood?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mason Greenwood<\/a> have become first-team regulars. Despite this, they are yet to find a right-winger.<\/p>\n<p>With most positions firmly occupied, right-wing seems to be a conundrum for United. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c931d9f9\/Daniel-James?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel James<\/a> has spent time there, but is more suited to playing on the left. Mason Greenwood has also tried his luck in the position but is a naturally central striker. With United preferring a formation with wingers, they need to find one.<\/p>\n<p>United have had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7697515\/The-EIGHT-transfer-targets-Manchester-United-lining-January.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">links<\/a> to multiple right-sided players in recent months. Most notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dbf053da\/Jadon-Sancho?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jadon Sancho<\/a> is attracting <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/631316\/jadon-sancho-transfer-chelsea-manchester-united-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a> all around Europe, and United are most certainly contenders for his signature. Despite this, so many other top clubs are trying to get him, and the Red Devils may not be the most attractive club on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at backups would seem a good idea, and \u00a360m rated Chiesa may be a very good alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RuSx3a2SQ2ZQV0tVo1wtog\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1199356302\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'RuSx3a2SQ2ZQV0tVo1wtog',sig:'5JPj2t6soK7tPzXoAbX8QvnHH5YfzO9BWS8ItmpVDuQ=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1199356302',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are currently on a search for a right winger, with reports claiming the Red Devils are eyeing Fiorentina winger Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3312,"featured_media":544648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,30,3,5,28],"tags":[4063,2905,111,36,3197,40,37,136],"class_list":["post-544636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-premier-league","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-2019-20-premier-league","tag-federico-chiesa","tag-fiorentina","tag-manchester-united","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-premier-league","tag-transfers","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Sean Wilson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}