The 22-year-old star center forward from the tractor boys side Ipswich has garnered attention from Premier league sides. Among the top contender to bid for the star hang the blues and the red devils against each other. The main player in contention here is Liam Delap. With Chelsea hunt for a new young center forward Liam Delap provide himself as a pretty fantastic pick. Playing against the blues this weekend matchday. This has led to a speculation by the fans terming his performance in coming matchday as a audition for the star to land into blues. But the real picture is speaking a different story. With a standout performance in the Premier League, Liam Delap has proven he deserves serious recognition.
Delap’s outstanding performance attracts Chelsea &co.:
Liam Delap with his outstanding performance continues to raise the eyes of many. With his performance for the Tractor boys side. He has scored a total 12 of Premier League goals outscoring his expected 9 XG of goals. This comes at a lot of emphasis as the Tractor boys side continue to display a poor performance in the points table and are at the brink of relegation. Most surprisingly he has outscored Chelsea’s first choice Senegalese Nicolas Jackson sidelined for the rest of the season due to an ankle injury.
Chelsea’s striker hunt:
The upcoming summer transfer striker market set to be a very competition set to be fierce and uptight. As rival interests will be fighting their common interests. Names like Victor Osimhen, Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak, Benjamin Sesko will attract popular interest. Garnering interest from the Premier league from the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea. But the option of Liam Delap would fit Chelsea new transfer strategy more suitably with the blues going for more younger and potential emitting stars. As McKenna’s tractor boys side are 12 points below the relegation battle the emergence of relegation release clause in Delap’s contract would make him available at a little of $39 million. Making him a more appealing figure to avail and that too for such a price.
Rival competitors
As rival interest also loom over as Manchester United are another favorites to avail the striker. The red devils disastrous campaign backfired as their strikers couldn’t open their shots properly with Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. So Ruben Amorim’s side can be currently seen as the direct rivals for Chelsea in contention for Liam Delap. Manchester City also have a bug back clause for the player as he has been garnished from their youth academy. But that seems very highly unlikely as clubs seems to be happy to continue with the options of Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush to fit the ranks.
Author’s Opinion:
With interests from top Premier League clubs what give blues the upper-hand can be Enzo’s experience with England U21 international in the youth camps of Manchester City. Maresca has already termed him as “a fantastic player for his age” in their span of 1 year together Liam scored almost 25 goals. If in the likes of Chelsea, it would set him in for a tough competition for a spot in the starting 11 under the likes of Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku. But the condition of Tractor boys’ side in the collapse of relegation would seem the transfer more realistic. As the young Englishmen would not most likely be part of the sinking boat. With fans terming as audition, it would most likely seem as a rehearsal for but only as a opposition which would most likely not be the case in the next upcoming season.
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