Enzo Maresca Confirms Potential Liam Delap Return Date

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Chelsea head Enzo Maresca has confirmed striker Liam Delap is backmost successful training and eyeing a return to competitory action earlier nan extremity of nan month.

Delap went down pinch a hamstring wounded successful precocious August and has missed nan past 9 games successful each competitions, but nan summertime signing has managed to enactment connected way successful his wounded recovery and is now backmost successful training.

Saturday’s sojourn from Sunderland is intelligibly excessively soon for Delap, but Maresca told his pre-match property convention that Wednesday’s Carabao Cup fourth-round gathering pinch Wolverhampton Wanderers could beryllium a sensible target.

“Liam took portion successful nan convention yesterday pinch nan squad for nan first time, truthful he’s not going to beryllium disposable for tomorrow’s game, but astir apt for nan adjacent match,” Maresca explained. “He tin beryllium available.”

Delap’s imminent return could supply a immense boost to a Chelsea broadside which has struggled successful beforehand of extremity successful his absence. João Pedro, different summertime signing, has been forced to tweak his domiciled to thief screen for nan Englishman, which has led to a driblet successful his output.

Estêvão (left) and Enzo Fernández earned plentifulness of praise. / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images

Pedro should beryllium well-rested for Saturday’s gathering pinch Sunderland aft being forced to beryllium retired nan 5–1 triumph complete Ajax done suspension.

Chelsea intelligibly had nary issues uncovering nan backmost of nan nett against nan struggling Dutch outfit. In a crippled afloat of plentifulness of highlights, 1 of nan champion moments came arsenic skipper Enzo Fernández sought retired Estêvão to springiness nan young Brazilian nan chance to return a punishment which his speedy feet had won conscionable moments earlier. Estêvão made nary correction from 12 yards.

“It’s very, very good,” Maresca reflected. “I told nan players aft nan crippled that for judge we were very happy astir nan winning, astir nan 3 points against Ajax.

“But nan main point astir that crippled was Enzo, erstwhile he gave nan shot to Estêvão we sewage to show really is nan squad successful this moment, really they are each together successful position of togetherness, successful position of effort and this is what we request if we want to effort to do thing important.”