Big problems for Cristi Chivu before the match with Liverpool » Inter's main starter is uncertain for the Champions League duel

Ashley Davis08/12/2025

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Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Monday, December 08, 2025, 4:26 p.m. / Updated Monday, December 8, 2025, 4:29 p.m.

Cristi Chivu (45 years old) faces big batch problems before the match hosted by Inter on “Giuseppe Meazza” against him Liverpoolin stage 6 of the single group of the Champions League. Manuel Akanji (30), a regular in 12 appearances in Serie A, is suffering from a severe cold and could miss the game against the Cormorants.

According to tuttomercatoweb, Manuel Akanji missed the team training the day before the match due to a bad cold. If he feels better, the Swiss defender will be included in the team, but it is unlikely that the Romanian coach will rely on him.

Manuel Akanji may miss the match between Inter and Liverpool

Former Cormorants Premier League rival Manuel Akanji is likely to miss Liverpool's Champions League clash with a bad cold.

Arriving at Inter on loan from Manchester City, for whom he played for 3 seasons, Akanji has already scored 17 matches for Inter, 12 in Serie A and 5 in the Champions League. In all the matches of the domestic championship, the Swiss defender was integralist.

Raised by Winterthur, Akanji was transferred by Basel in the summer of 2015, for the sum of 700,000 euros. After two and a half seasons, the Swiss defender arrived at Borussia Dortmund, in exchange for 21.5 million euros.

Akanji performed for 4 and a half seasons in the Bundesliga, after which the transfer to Manchester City followed in the summer of 2022, after the “citizens” paid 20 million euros.

In his 3 seasons at the Etihad, Akanji won no less than 7 trophies: two Premier League titles, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, a Club World Championship, an FA Cup and an FA Super Cup.