Since new ownership took over ChelseaWith the likes of Paul Winstanley and Lawrence Stewart appointed as sporting directors, the Blues implemented a new recruiting strategy that revolutionized the world of the league and the media.
The main focus is on acquiring young talent from all over the world, with the aim of identifying and approaching the best talent before their prices rise.
By selecting these players early, Chelsea can offer lower wages, with incentive contracts, which reward these players if they develop as expected of them.
Cole Palmer scored for Chelsea
One transfer that sums up Chelsea's transfer strategy is Cole Palmer, who struggled for minutes at Manchester City, before moving to the Blues in 2023, for a contract. A fee of around £40m with £2.5m in add-ons.
Since joining the club, the 22-year-old has become an inspiration, breaking records left, right and centre, He scored 37 goals and provided 21 assists in 65 matchesThe total playing minutes for the club has already reached 5,233 minutes in all competitions.
Palmer was now Chelsea's creative centre, the star, and a key cog in Enzo Maresca's squad, proving that he was not only a future investment, but someone who could improve the team immediately as well. The England international's value is now being appreciated €130.00m (£108.1m) according to Transfermarkt.
If recent reports are to be believed, the Blues could be willing to repeat that trick by snapping up another former Manchester City man…
Chelsea could land Palmer 2.0
According to The latest transfer deal sheet from The Athletic Earlier this week, Liam Delap could be a major name on Chelsea's wish list for the near future, as they look to bring another striker profile to the club, who can offer something different and compete with Nicholas Jackson.
This type of transfer would once again epitomize Chelsea's transfer strategy, as only Delap currently does He earns £20,000 a week at Ipswich21 years old, is another highly rated player from the football academy (much like Palmer), who has already worked with Maresca.
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Compare Delap and Jackson |
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Statistics (per 90 minutes) |
Delap |
Jackson |
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Objectives |
0.44 |
0.61 |
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Helps |
0.07 |
0.20 |
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xG |
0.31 |
0.61 |
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xAG |
0.09 |
0.13 |
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Holds progressivism |
1.77 |
2.09 |
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Progressive passes |
1.13 |
1.28 |
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Total shots |
2.04 |
3.04 |
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Goals / Shot |
0.21 |
0.20 |
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Key passes |
0.99 |
1.08 |
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Snapshot creation procedures |
2.27 |
2.97 |
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He won aerial duels |
1.77 |
0.61 |
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Statistics taken from FBref |
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Danny Murphy described Delap as “Very talentedEarlier this season, he even stated that “An obvious long-term successor“To Harry Kane for England. And it's not just Murphy who believes that, as Maresca himself has stated, he could be Delap.”An important player for England“.
When comparing Delap and Jackson, you can see that each striker offers something a little different, with Delap winning more aerial duels, and finishing with a slightly higher average (0.21 goals/shots compared to Jackson's 0.20).
However, Jackson has more progressive movements per 90, creates more with key passes and shot creation movements, and has provided more productivity this season (being in a better team should be taken into account).
Having two strikers who get the best out of Palmer in different ways would give Maresca all the tools needed in the striker department in order to get the best out of his star, capitalize on all of his strengths, and keep teams guessing in terms of their approach.
With report Its price is about 50 million euros (40 million pounds sterling).The Blues could snap up the next Kane for a relatively competitive price.
