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Exclusive: Chelsea keen on beefing-up their center-forward role; Liam Delap and Joao Pedro shortlisted

Chelsea FC are making huge positive strives this season under the management of Leicester City former boss, Enzo Maresca who is staring in his first season at the most successful club in London.

As most pundits are ironing out Chelsea, who are having an impressive and astonishing season as a Premier League title contending club with thirty-four points after just sixteen games played in the English premier league; making them the second best team with two points deficit behind the leading club, Liverpool FC who have an outstanding game.

What’s more, the Blues are in high hopes to maintain their superb run of form in games hence, aren’t set to ignore the opportunity to axe some players who are relatively not imperative to the team’s set-up in order to reduce the squad depth for in additions to be made in the January winter transfers.

Therefore, Enzo Maresca and his technical bench have identified a possible future burn-out of their available natural center-forward, Nicholas Jackson, who in this season is firing from all cylinders hence, are set to initiate transfer negotiations for the Premier League Tractor boys forward, Liam Delap plus Brighton and Hove Albion’s forward, Joao Period as an alternative replacement.

Currently, reliable sources have revealed from the camp of the 21-year-old, Liam Delap that, the young man is obviously opened to making headways into top clubs like Chelsea in the near future but isn’t in the mad-rush to clutch onto the available chance to join Chelsea in January.

The three-time English premier league title with Manchester City, Liam Delap is attracting interest from the old ladies of Italian football, Juventus FC, who also believe in the attacking potency of Delap, who has featured in all sixteen games of Ipswich Town in this season’s league, making one assists and finding the back of the net on six different occasion.

Meanwhile, the Brazilian and Brighton’s center forward, Joao Pedro is also an option for Chelsea to grab in the upcoming transfer window in January. The fifty million euros valued player has made ten Premier League appearances this season, scoring four and making three assists.

Joao Pedro would be another good fit for Maresca’s set-up as he possesses a wide range of options in the the attacking area. Pedro can play from the left-wing, as a second-striker and the main guy in the eighteen-yard box as a proper goal poacher.

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