The plight of Liam Delap: 20 games in a row without a goal and a Chelsea career yet to take off

With just five games remaining, Liam Delap has scored the same amount of Premier League goals this season for Chelsea as academy graduate defender Josh Acheampong (1) and one fewer than right-back Malo Gusto (2). This was not in the script.Chelsea were understandably very happy to win the race for Delap’s signature from Ipswich Town for £30million last June. This was a highly rated striker that attracted interest from a lot of top clubs, including Bayern Munich, Juventus and AC Milan. As The Athletic reported at the time, perhaps their biggest challenge came from Manchester United and convincing him to choose Stamford Bridge over Old Trafford was regarded in the game as a bit of a coup. No one is saying that now.Advertisement