£30m Chelsea star may have made his last start for the club already as two Premier League clubs built transfer case | OneFootball

Liam Delap is constantly being linked with moves away from Chelsea now, and we would not be surprised to see him go.

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Liam Delap got a rare start for Chelsea last night, with Joao Pedro rested. The summer signing from a year ago failed to impress once again.

Could it be the last start he ever gets for the club? There’s a non zero chance, and many fans are hoping it’s the case.

Once again the striker lumbered around creating little threat, and once again he came close to a red card after chucking an elbow in on Djed Spence.

Delap could be on the way out already after poor season

TeamTalk are the latest site to push rumours about Delap being sold this summer. The £30m we spent on him makes him relatively easy to move on without a loss, and teams like Everton and Newcastle are regularly linked.

“The Magpies were keen on Delap when he was at Ipswich, but would have to sell a striker themselves to make room for him,” they write.

“Everton have also view Delap as a realistic target to lead their line. As we have consistently reported, the Toffees intend to sign a new centre-forward, and he remains on their shortlist after they pushed but failed to bring him in last summer.”

Plenty of Chelsea fans will have their fingers crossed.

In other news…

Umir Irfan’s really good piece for the BBC looked at how new manager Xabi Alonso might want to use striker Joao Pedro next year.

Irfan noted another difference in the personnel that Alonso will have available – Cole Palmer is the natural Florian Wirtz replacement, but their skillset is different in one key way.

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