Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca says he has little doubt new striker Liam Delap will turn out to be a “future England quantity 9” as he prepares to make his Blues debut on the Membership World Cup.

The 22-year-old ahead joined in a £30m deal from Ipswich earlier in June to reunite along with his former Manchester Metropolis academy supervisor.

Delap, who signed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge, scored 12 targets in 37 Premier League appearances final time period.

Chelsea face Los Angeles FC of their Membership World Cup opener on Monday (20:00 BST) in Atlanta.

When requested about Delap, who pulled out of England obligation for the European Underneath-21 Championship to hitch Chelsea in the USA, Maresca stated: “I stated Liam might be England’s quantity 9 once we confronted Ipswich.

“Now he’s a Chelsea participant, I will say once more, I haven’t got any doubt that he might be sooner or later England quantity 9.

“We received with Manchester Metropolis’s Underneath-23s – he scored 24, 25 targets that season – so he is aware of precisely what we can provide him, I do know what Liam can provide us. It is a win-win. We like Liam, Liam likes us, so it was a straightforward dialog.”

Delap is amongst 4 new gamers in Chelsea’s squad, together with returning loanee Andrey Santos and new teenage signings Dario Essugo, Mamadou Sarr and Mike Penders.

However Maresca defined Delap should compete with fellow striker Nicolas Jackson to earn a beginning place and refused to say whether or not he’ll begin on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

He additionally defined, with out instantly being requested about it, that the membership wants a brand new left winger after Chelsea paid a £5m penalty price to not signal Manchester United loanee Jadon Sancho, including: “Jadon is just not with us. So for certain that could be a place that in all probability we have to do one thing.

“Additionally as a result of, Misha [Mudryk] is just not with us. At this second we have now Noni [Madueke], Pedro [Neto] and Ty [George] as correct wingers. So for certain one thing goes to occur.”

The Blues are anticipated to rekindle their curiosity in Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens because the switch window re-opens on Monday, having had a £42m bid rejected for the 20-year-old simply earlier than the Membership World Cup.

Additionally they made an strategy for AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, however Maresca insists he nonetheless has religion within the likes of Robert Sanchez. He defined: “Robert is the primary, we have now Filip as quantity two.

“Penders joins us within the subsequent few weeks to analyse, choose him and take a closing choice. Then for Maignan or totally different gamers, I do not assume it is value speaking about them.”