Chelsea have confirmed that Liam Delap will wear the number nine shirt for the club after completing his move to West London from Ipswich Town.The Blues have signed the striker in a £30m deal, after

The positive is, with the decision made, they can move on. That is in stark contrast to 2022, when then manager Erik ten Hag delayed for months in a fruitless attempt to sign Frenkie de Jong and United ended up panicking at the end of the transfer window and spent £150m on Casemiro and Antony.

Delap makes the switch after a £30million ($40m) release clause in his Ipswich contract became active following the team's relegation.