Enzo Maresca reacts after Chelsea’s defeat to Ipswich Town (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has admitted he is a big fan of Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap. transfer rumours linking it with the blues.
Delap has looked like an exciting young talent for some time now and is really starting to perform consistently in the Premier League this season, with Simon Phillips reporting that he is on Chelsea’s radar.
The 21-year-old bagged a goal and an assist for Ipswich in their win against Chelsea last night, so Maresca will have seen the young striker up close.
The Italian tactician also knows Delap well from their time together at Manchester City, and has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge admirer.
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This will is only imagined add more fuel to Delap’s Chelsea linksas Maresca has stated, he sees the former City player as having a great future.
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“Liam is a fantastic player and also for his age. I think we spent a year together and I think he scored 22, 24 goals and is a very good striker,” said Maresca, quoted by the Metro.
“In England they have many like him and they have many good players, good strikers and he works a lot with the ball, with the ball he understands the game and can score goals.
“And also because of his age, I think he can be an important player for England.”
Chelsea fans will no doubt be well aware of Delap now after his fine performance against them last night, so it will be interesting to see if that also does something to further convince the decision-makers at Stamford Bridge.
CFC could probably do with strengthening up front in the near future as Nicolas Jackson has not been entirely convincing in his time in west London so far, while Christopher Nkunku looks to be struggling for make way for Maresca’s plans.
