Federico Chiesa is one of six Liverpool players at risk of missing out on an automatic Premier League winners' medal this season.

The Italian forward, who transferred from Juventus in the summer, has only made three league appearances this season, and needs two more to be eligible for an automatic winners' medal.

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This is because the champions are given 40 medals in total, and can distribute them to whoever they wish, providing that every player with five or more appearances has received one.

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Fitness issues haven't helped, but Chiesa, 27, has barely been given a chance under manager Arne Slot, having been restricted to just seven minutes of Premier League action since September.

Jayden Danns, who has featured in both Premier League and Champions League matches this season, is four games short of qualifying for one and won't get any more chances after being loaned to Sunderland.



Other players like Trey Nyoni, Tyler Morton and James McConnell, who have all had game time in other competitions, are five league games short of qualifying.

Despite spending much of the season on the sidelines, Chiesa has still managed 10 appearances for Liverpool, contributing three goals in just three starts

He wouldn't be the first senior player to narrowly miss out on an automatic winners' medal.

Kalvin Phillips made just four appearances for champions Manchester City last season, and Cole Palmer, now at Chelsea, managed the same number in 2021/22.

During Liverpool's last league triumph in 2019/20, Harvey Elliott fell three games short of earning a winners' medal - a fate narrowly dodged by his team-mate Jones, who played six times that season
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