Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was full of praise for Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap, hailing the Blues target as a "fantastic player". It emerged last month that Chelsea were among the suitors for 21-year-old Delap,

Chelsea are expected to be rather quiet with the number of incomings in the January transfer window but there is expected to be movement with players departing. A number of Enzo Maresca's squad are facing uncertain futures at Stamford Bridge for different reasons.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has seemingly already lined up a replacement for one of his first-team players axed from the defeat to Fulham on Saturday. The Blues went down to a damaging 2-1 derby loss at the hands of their London rivals at Stamford Bridge,