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The striker Chelsea are more likely to sign than Victor Osimhen ‘right now’

Charles Jones

Fri 10 January 2025 16:45, UK

Chelsea have been in the market for a new striker for a little while now.

Nicolas Jackson has improved this season, but there’s still a nagging feeling that Chelsea need a more clinical centre-forward.

Victor Osimhen was linked with Chelsea for a long time, while Ivan Toney was a Chelsea target in the summer too.

As Chelsea fans know, a lot can change in football in six months, and now,ཧ the striker l💧andscape looks rather different.

Chelsea are now looking at a few different options, and Liam Delap is now a Chelsea target.

Speaking on The Byline, Ben Jacobs has been discussing Chelsea’s interest in Delap, and he says that the man is more likely to sign for Chelsea this month than Victor Osimhen.

Chelsea more likely to sign Liam Delap than Victor Osimhen

Jacobs shared what he knows abo🎀ut Chelsea and their 🐷interest in Delap.

The reporter says ⛦that Chelsea like the way ෴Delap drops deep and works hard, but they feel he can be a more advanced player if he joins the club.

Interestingly, Jacobs ꦕsays that Chelsea are more inclined to go for Delap than Osimhen 👍at this point.

“The thinဣg about Delap that Chelsea feel is that if you take away the finishing he’s having to drop deep and do a lot of work off the ball.

“It’s shaping his profile in a way where he drops🐈 deeper, interlinks it, that builds his game. A lot of people look at Delap like that as it’s adding to his development and keeping him humble.

“The feeling is that if he moves to a team likꦡe Chelsea he can be a really defined number nine playing in a more advanced position.

“Right now, they seem m💦ore intent to bring a player like Delap in, young, Premier League experience, rather than going in for Victor Osimhen at £65m a🔯nd £250k-a-week.”

Liam Delap compared to Victor Osimhen

Chelsea are more inclined to go for Delap than Osimh✃en, and that is interesting.

Delap is having a very good season for Ipswich, and Tottenham are also int﷽erested in Delap.

The stats this season suggest that Delap is ju🏅st as good an option as Osimhen, considering he’s playing at a higher level.

That said, this is Deꦛlap’s first season p𓆉erforming at this sort of level.

Indeed, if you compare Osimhen and Delap’s stats from last season, it💝 is a different stor💜y.

So, Chelsea need to decide, do they want 𒅌to go for the young striker who has half a good season under his belt, or the proven commodity who has shown his ability in the Champions League on numerous occasions?

There’s no saying that Delap will be a one-season wonder. After all, Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy were called one-season wonders at one point before becoming bona fide legends, but for every Kane and Vardy there’﷽s a Michu and a Papiss Cisse.

Chelsea need to tread carefu♔lly here if they’re going for Delap.