{"id":10056,"date":"2026-05-18T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10056"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:08:08","slug":"alex-crook-expects-chelsea-to-sell-liam-delap-and-wesley-fofana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10056","title":{"rendered":"Alex Crook expects Chelsea to sell Liam Delap and Wesley Fofana"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A journalist has named two first team players from Chelsea that Xabi Alonso will be looking to sell this summer. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The new manager is now officially in place and will begin his role officially at the start of July, taking over from the sacked Liam Rosenior as the next permanent Chelsea boss.<\/p>\n

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But Alonso actually will be the boss, rather than a head coach, which is how his predecessors were named at the club. This will mean that his role will have significantly more control than the role of those that came before him, and that is only a good thing.<\/p>\n

Alonso will get a say on new transfer targets they bring in, and he will also get a say on the players that they will be looking to sell.<\/p>\n

Could two of those players be Wesley Fofana and Liam Delap? Journalist Alex Crook of talkSPORT believes so!<\/p>\n

Crook on Fofana and Delap<\/h2>\n
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Liam Delap in action for Chelsea. (Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking over the weekend in quotes picked up on X, Crook said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not convinced Wesley Fofana has a long term future at Chelsea. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am expecting Liam Delap to leave Chelsea this summer, with a more established striker coming in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I think both will be sold, personally.<\/p>\n

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