Nicolas Jackson again becomes a hot topic on ChelseaAfter he recently returned from an injury after missing five Premier league Games due to injury.
While the 23-year-old has achieved nine times this seasonProviding five assists, he is now without a goal in the last 11 games of the Premier League, the last net against Brentford in December.
Enzo Maresca He made it clear that he was a fan of Jackson and his contribution to the team, doing mercilessly running behind, pressing from the front and putting these additional yards.
However, his lack of goals, paired with the characters of Cole Palmer in shape, saw that Chelsea was fighting to find the back of the network in recent months.
It seems that Chelsea will almost inevitably sign the attacker in the summer while they look like to give Maresca another central ahead to compete with Jackson. There is especially one man who dominates the media ties from late.
Chelsea’s last interest in Liam Delap
Liam Delap is strongly associated with moving to Chelsea, and Manchester United also said he was running for 21-year-old IPSwich Town striker.
Last in any potential move is that Blues allegedly held conversations with Ipswich regarding a possible summer move.
English forward has This season in the Premier League made 31 appearances in the Premier Leaguescoring 12 goals and providing two assists.
The 6 -foot striker is perfectly built for the Premier League, with the physical capacity that the veterans are harassed by their wide construction, while having technical quality, joined by Manchester City Academy 2019. After coming to Derby.
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Liam Delap VS Nicolas Jackson in 24/25 |
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Statistics (90 min) |
To ruin |
Jackson |
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Goals |
0.45 |
0.42 |
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Helping |
0.07 |
0.23 |
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xg |
0.35 |
0.56 |
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Progressive carries |
2.23 |
1.99 |
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Progressive passage |
1.15 |
1.48 |
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Records in total |
2.25 |
3.33 |
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Goals/Shots |
0.17 |
0.13 |
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G-XG |
+0.12 |
-0.14 |
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Actions of cracking |
2.31 |
3.06 |
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Air duels beat |
1.92 |
0.79 |
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Statistics taken from Fref |
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When comparing Delap’s basic metrics with Jacksonov, you can see their two profiles differ and the first offer a higher level of clinical finish and presence in the box, winning 1.92 airline duels at 90.
Both players have the ability to progress through the quality of wearing and starting channels, but Jackson has shown a higher level to connect and so far securing his teammates, making more advanced passes and creating more shots.
However, instead of spraying money, maybe Maresca could look at Cobham to release his own delap.
Chelsea’s Cobham “Jewel”
Referring to the lines in Chelsea and you will quickly notice a young striker passing through the Academy named Shumaira Mhuek, often shortened to “Shim”.
Mheuka came from Brighton’s 2022 Academy, spent two years in Cobham before making his first senior breakthrough this season.
The 17-year-old possesses an innate ability to create his own cracking angles, having excellent agility and manipulation of the ball in and around. She has the quality of the ball blows and already shows signs of body weight use to protect the ball and consider the veterans.
Mheuka is described as “Cobham’s best“Jacek Kulig, who also marked the young striker” “Incredible talent“And it’s clear to see why.
He has a teenager Made 16 appearances for side U21 In the Premier League 2 this season, scoring four goals and providing two assists. In total, he scored ten goals in 21 young appearances during 2024/25.
The last term, however, was in the fire Wrapping ten in 17 nodes. Its form in the rows of young people already earned Mheuka four senior performancessetting 73 minutes in those four games.
Considering the chance, the Mheuka could prove to be a Chelsea striker in the years, sparing the club a lot of money and repairing his troubles by scoring a goal. How long lasts and what the development path is started is another story.
