Tag: Delap

Liam Delap signs for Nottingham Forest: From Harry Kane’s successor to Chelsea outcast – can he thrive at new club?
27 August 2026 Off

Liam Delap signs for Nottingham Forest: From Harry Kane’s successor to Chelsea outcast – can he thrive at new club?

By Total Football News

“Can Liam play for the biggest clubs in the country, the biggest clubs in the world? He certainly can. I fully believe that.” The words of McKenna when Delap began to be linked with a raft of top-flight teams towards the end of 2024-25.

The son of former Derby County defender Rory ultimately opted for Stamford Bridge.

The decision to join a congested Chelsea squad as a still-raw talent was

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Liam Delap transfer: Nottingham Forest agree club-record deal to sign Chelsea striker | Football News
26 August 2026 Off

Liam Delap transfer: Nottingham Forest agree club-record deal to sign Chelsea striker | Football News

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest have agreed a club-record £50m deal to sign Liam Delap from Chelsea.

The transfer is understood to be worth at least £45m, which could reach £50m with add-ons.

The striker is scheduled to have a medical on Wednesday.

Delap had interest from a number of other Premier League clubs, including Everton, but Forest have secured his signing.

Chelsea signed Delap last summer for £30m from Ipswich and valued

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Liam Delap: Nottingham Forest working on deal for Chelsea striker
24 August 2026 Off

Liam Delap: Nottingham Forest working on deal for Chelsea striker

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Chelsea striker Liam Delap.

The 23-year-old has been made available for sale by Chelsea for £50m and is training separately from the first-team squad.

It remains unclear whether the talks are over a permanent transfer or a loan move, but the two clubs are known to have a positive working relationship.

Delap was left out of Chelsea‘s squad for Monday’s

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Chelsea transfer news: Liam Delap and Pedro Neto move closer to exit door – Paper Talk | Football News
16 August 2026 Off

Chelsea transfer news: Liam Delap and Pedro Neto move closer to exit door – Paper Talk | Football News

By Total Football News

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers…

Transfer news

Nottingham Forest have joined the race to sign Liam Delap from Chelsea – talkSPORT.

Manchester City face competition from Al Hilal to sign Pedro Neto from Chelsea – talkSPORT.

Christopher Nkunku has been deemed surplus to requirements at AC Milan and Newcastle are among the teams linked to signing him this summer – Daily Mirror.

Chrstian Kofane‘s

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Carabao Cup: Liam Delap returns for Chelsea against Wolves
28 October 2025 Off

Carabao Cup: Liam Delap returns for Chelsea against Wolves

By Total Football News

Chelsea face wider issues beyond their strikers and Joao Pedro’s goalless run.

Forward Cole Palmer has played two full matches all season and is not expected return from a groin injury until December.

Winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, signed from Borussia Dortmund for a fee rising to £52m, has no goals and one assist in 10 matches. Alejandro Garnacho, a £40m recruit from Manchester United, has one goal in seven matches and

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Enzo Maresca: Rory Delap training with Chelsea but Marc Guiu in line to face Sunderland
24 October 2025 Off

Enzo Maresca: Rory Delap training with Chelsea but Marc Guiu in line to face Sunderland

By Total Football News

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes being ruthless with Marc Guiu has changed the teenage striker for the better after telling him he was unhappy “in all the ways” with his training efforts.

Maresca has summer signing Liam Delap back in training, albeit not quite ready to return to first-team action after a hamstring injury lay-off.

Delap has been sidelined since August, and it was his blow that prompted Chelsea to

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Liam Delap: Chelsea’s new signing on emulating friend Cole Palmer at Stamford Bridge
23 June 2025 Off

Liam Delap: Chelsea’s new signing on emulating friend Cole Palmer at Stamford Bridge

By Total Football News

Liam Delap was one of this summer’s most-wanted strikers.

The 22-year-old scored 12 goals in 37 Premier League games for Ipswich, with his tantalising £30m release clause attracting numerous suitors after the club was relegated back to the Championship.

He was given permission to speak to clubs in May, with Manchester United, Everton, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest all showing serious interest while Manchester City also held a buy-back option on

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PFA Young Player of the Year nominees: Liam Delap, Morgan Rogers and Ethan Nwaneri among nominees
19 June 2025 Off

PFA Young Player of the Year nominees: Liam Delap, Morgan Rogers and Ethan Nwaneri among nominees

By Total Football News

Chelsea striker Liam Delap and Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly are among six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Bournemouth full-back Milos Kerkez, former Cherries defender Dean Huijsen, Arsenal winger Ethan Nwaneri and Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers make up the shortlist.

Delap, who joined Chelsea from Ipswich in a £30m deal earlier this month, scored 12 goals in the Premier League last season as the Tractor

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Liam Delap: New Chelsea forward is a ‘future England number nine’
16 June 2025 Off

Liam Delap: New Chelsea forward is a ‘future England number nine’

By Total Football News

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says he has no doubt new striker Liam Delap will become a “future England number nine” as he prepares to make his Blues debut at the Club World Cup.

The 22-year-old forward joined in a £30m deal from Ipswich earlier in June to reunite with his former Manchester City academy manager.

Delap, who signed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge, scored 12 goals in 37 Premier

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