Enzo Maresca insists Liam Delap can use his Chelsea platform to become England’s next No 9.
Delap, 22, was signed for £30million from Ipswich in a move which reunited him with Maresca, under whom he scored a bundle of goals for Manchester City’s academy.
The Blues boss reckons he can do so again and that he is confident the striker can go on to replace Harry Kane as the Three Lions’ regular frontman.
‘When Liam was not a Chelsea player, I said that, for me, potentially, he can be England’s No 9,’ Maresca said ahead of his side’s Club World Cup opener versus Los Angeles FC.