‘Useless…’ – Federico Chiesa’s national team days could be numbered after brutal Gattuso dig

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has appeared to take a swipe at Federico Chiesa after the Liverpool forward pulled out of the Azzurri squad on Monday.

The 28-year-old was called up for his country’s World Cup play-off against Northern Ireland later this week, but it emerged this morning that he’d left the camp ‘following an assessment of his physical condition’ upon reporting for duty.

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