Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has no doubts about the potential of Liam Delap.
Ahead of their Club World Cup opener against LA Galaxy, Maresca discussed their new centre-forward signing.
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He said: "I said Liam can be England's number nine when we faced Ipswich.
"Now he is a Chelsea player, I'm going to say again, I don't have any doubt that he can be in the future England number nine.
"We won with Manchester City's Under-23s - he scored 24, 25 goals that season - so he knows exactly what we can give him, I know what Liam can give us. It's a win-win. We like Liam, Liam likes us, so it was an easy conversation."