Former Blues star turned Pundit Pat Nevin believes Chelsea will look to sell Liam Delap this summer after the striker has failed to make the impact at the club that he would have liked.
Delap, who has struggled for consistent minutes since arriving at CHELSEA, has spent recent seasons shifting between loan spells and bench roles, prompting concerns that his career risks losing momentum.
Nicolas Jackson’s likely return from an unsuccessful loan spell at Bayern Munich will provide further competition for minutes next season, while the Blues have also been linked with an audacious bid for Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez.
And with that in mind, former Chelsea winger Nevin believes Delap could well be heading for the exit this summer, just one year after he joined the club: ‘The numbers aren’t looking great in terms of goals scored and assists and things like that, and they’re trying to find different positions for him, playing him slightly wider than you would normally when he is brought on,’ he told talkSPORTBET Casino.
‘I really like him as a player. I would love him on my team. When I was a player, I’d love a player to hit balls into space for.
‘Because he runs, and he stretches teams, and makes more space for yourself if you’re a creative midfielder. And I think the Chelsea fans have got a lot of time for him because he works hard.
‘You look back at the likes of Timo Werner, CHELSEA fans were all right with him because he worked for them. He may not be the best player in the world sometimes
‘I think Liam is a better all-round player than Timo Werner because there’s more technical stuff to his game. He’s also shown that he can score at this level.
‘Chelsea and him, the wrong move? It might actually be the case now. But there are some others coming in, you think of Nicolas Jackson coming back, so there is a pressure.
‘Chelsea will move in that position in the summer, they’ll do something, and they’ll adapt, and who knows what will happen with Chelsea in the summer. But certainly that centre-forward position is something to look at.’
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