{"id":957072,"date":"2026-05-13T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/957072\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:02:21","slug":"liam-delap-leeds-united-enter-race-for-chelsea-striker-as-exit-encouraged-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/957072\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Delap: Leeds United enter race for Chelsea striker as exit encouraged for summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-Insets-2026-05-13T124230.361-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Liam Delap in action for Chelsea\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1754495122981.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Scott Mason\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 13 May 2026 13:05, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Liam Delap has had a tough time at Chelsea with his future up in the air, a situation <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> are seemingly keeping an eye on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites have enjoyed a successful campaign and go into the final two games of the season with little left to play for, other than finishing as high as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/managers\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side are no longer able to be relegated and have no outside chance of making European football now.<\/p>\n<p>So, preparations for the summer window are likely to already be underway, as a review of the German\u2019s squad will be undertaken to avoid another relegation scare.<\/p>\n<p>Now, reports have emerged of <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/leeds-united\/transfers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019 transfer interest<\/a>, with Liam Delap a potential target heading into the summer.<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udea8 LEEDS UNITED TRANSFER HUB \ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; opacity: 0.9;\">Breaking news on incoming signings, Elland Road departures, and 49ers transfer strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; opacity: 0.8;\">Get 24\/7 updates from your definitive Whites source<\/p>\n<p>What has been said about Leeds\u2019 interest in Liam Delap<\/p>\n<p>According to Chelsea journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com\/p\/sources-chelsea-encouraging-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simon Phillips<\/a>, Leeds have now entered the fray to sign Delap in the upcoming summer window.<\/p>\n<p>The Whites face competition from the likes of Newcastle United, Everton, and Ipswich Town. Meanwhile, Strasbourg is in the mix as well due to the multi-club ownership relationship with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Liam Delap for Chelsea in the Premier League<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Big chances missed<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goal conversion<\/td>\n<td>3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>The Stamford Bridge outfit is said to be attempting to encourage Delap to seek football elsewhere, with his signing ultimately failing this season.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips shares that \u201cWe\u2019ve also heard that Chelsea have told his agents that Delap needs to look for another club this summer. The club want to sell him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delap has scored just one goal in 26 Premier League appearances this season. However, he has just started 11 of those matches.<\/p>\n<p>When starting up front for Ipswich in the season before, the 23-year-old netted 12 goals for the Tractor Boys.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds are beginning to pick up their business, with <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/leeds-united\/leeds-united-transfers\/leeds-united-deal-locked-in-for-hidemasa-morita-after-premier-league-survival-in-fresh-twist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morita reportedly close to arriving at Elland Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Delap-goals-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Liam Delap's goal tally for Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-237975\" \/>Credit: Breaking MediaHow much would Liam Delap cost Leeds United?<\/p>\n<p>In the same report, it is said that Chelsea feel confident that they would be able to bring in the same fee with which they paid for Delap.<\/p>\n<p>This means the Whites would be looking to fork out around \u00a330million for the signature of the English forward. However, Phillips shares that \u201cthere\u2019s also talk of loan to buy deals\u201d opening the door to a more financially viable deal.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, it would be hard to see how Delap could force <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/players\/dominic-calvert-lewin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> out of the number nine role, but competition breeds more success.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman has a history of scoring in the Premier League, but only when trusted to start a run of games.<\/p>\n<p>Having more options to pick from would allow Leeds to avoid another relegation battle and perhaps set eyes on bigger goals next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Wed 13 May 2026 13:05, UK Liam Delap has had a tough time at Chelsea with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,2969,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-957072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-liam-delap","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116567405471654746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}