It is always an extremely exciting time when Chelsea choose to get themselves involved in the transfer window and splash the cash on young talents. Their scouting system somehow works in a unique fashion in finding young talent. One such talent that Chelsea are being linked with currently is Robinio Vaz, who is being touted as the next Drogba. What this link has done to Liam Delap is, it has raised questions about his future at the club. Liam Delap, a striker who came in with a lot of expectations into the Chelsea team, has had a poor start to his Chelsea career
Liam Delap at Chelsea so far
Delap had a very good season at Ipswich Town during the 24/25 season and was heavily linked with a lot of clubs. Delap clearly wanted the Chelsea blue and chose them with conviction. The Englishman actually came into the team with a burden of expectations placed on him before he even kicked a ball. That is always normal when you are a big-money striker signing. The truth was, Delap was good at Ipswich Town. But he wasn’t necessarily world-class. But world-class is exactly what Chelsea wanted in their team. Liam Delap’s time at Ipswich Town wasn’t heavily interrupted by injuries, which is the biggest problem for footballers in this day and age. So Delap’s rather clean injury record, perhaps, interested Chelsea very much.
The 22-year-old came in, amidst all the expectations, and has unfortunately failed massively in satisfying the expectations placed on him. He has played an alarmingly small number of games for the club. And even in the games he has played, he has barely done anything. With very less moments to show, and barely any goals to show, Delap has been a failure so far. To further the pain, Delap picked up an injury that kept him out during September.
Emergence of the next Drogba
Now, the former Ipswich Town striker’s place in the team itself has developed into a massive question mark. Firstly, during his time away because of injury, Chelsea developed some great form. They managed to string together a strong series of positive results in both the Premier League and Champions League. What this did was, it saw the rise of many promising players in the squad itself. Making Delap look like a long-lost memory with all the fresh attacking talents in display.
To further the pain for Liam Delap, Chelsea are now being linked with an extremely exciting French striker, Robinio Vaz. The Marseille man is being celebrated massively already by some of the Chelsea fans. With some even calling him the next Drogba. This transfer link is definitely going to cause a bit of insecurity on Delap’s mind. And if the deal eventually goes through, with all the other attacking options as well, Delap’s future at Chelsea and his allotted game time might take a massive hit. This might put his Chelsea career at risk.
Conclusion
Let’s be real, nobody saw this coming. Nobody really thought we would be talking about Liam Delap’s Chelsea career being at risk so soon into his stint and so soon into the season. But the situation is such that even Delap himself would be rethinking his choices at this point. The prospect of signing Robinio Vaz is definitely an exciting sign for Chelsea. But is it really top priority? It would surely be better if Chelsea just worked on their existing players and developed them better. With Delap also recovering from his injury setbacks at a brisk pace, it would be better to trust him and back him completely.
