{"id":22193,"date":"2026-07-28T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22193"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:14","slug":"music-to-the-ears-one-has-to-stay-chelsea-fans-react-as-romano-names-the-2-players-who-could-go-if-welbeck-joins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=22193","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Music To The Ears&#8217; &#8216;One Has To Stay&#8217; Chelsea Fans React As Romano Names The 2 Players Who Could Go If Welbeck Joins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea\u2019s pursuit of Brighton forward Danny Welbeck could lead to the Blues offloading either Liam Delap or Emmanuel Emegha, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano said that the club\u2019s interest in the former Manchester United and Arsenal player will have a knock-on effect in terms of potential outgoings:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a serious chance, a serious possibility to see Danny Welbeck as new Chelsea striker in this summer transfer window, with some consequences because there are some players that Chelsea no longer consider untouchable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, for Liam Delap, if there is a good proposal, Chelsea could be open to let him go. The player still wants to fight for his place at Chelsea, but Chelsea would open doors to an exit in this summer transfer window.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEmmanuel Emegha joined Chelsea this summer, but also for him, there is a possibility to go in case of a good proposal. So, there might be movement around these two strikers in the next weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supporters on X have been debating whether Chelsea should be selling the two strikers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Music to the ears<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mojo D. Rayleigh\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfc (@Ray81194_mw) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One has to stay<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Astm1Bradey2 (@Astm1Bradey2) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hire me to pack their luggage<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RelatedCFC\u00a9\ufe0f (@CfcRelated_) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want delap to stay\u263b\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football (@CFCplug_) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No passengers. If the valuation is met, move them on and upgrade. Elite squad planning!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nun (@the_Nunn) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What was the point of signing emegha<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 x.sol (@10zen_Samaa) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SELL SELL + JACKSON<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAVE (@RawDaveXQ) July 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Chelsea don\u2019t need 6 strikers<\/h2>\n<p>With Joao Pedro, Nicolas Jackson, and Marc Guiu also part of the first-team squad, it stands to reason that the departure of more than one centre-forward would be sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>It is widely assumed that Guiu will be let go, but there is a possibility that BOTH <strong>Delap<\/strong> and Emegha could be offloaded if Welbeck arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Get a brand new Chelsea 26\/27 home Aero-FIT shirt from Fanatics here<\/p>\n<h2>Why does Alonso want Welbeck?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"1ffbae35d432d0d71911ca2a0b209fbb\" v=\"f216f6d5d0b6ef819f6e02bf8357cefd\" image-id=\"prsihxTnsgWe\" theme=\"iy-theme\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; aspect-ratio: 1.5; max-width: 5568px;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>There is a lack of experience in several key positions. Despite the abundance of strikers, not one of them is above 25 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck has a wealth of knowledge which he could impart to the rest of the squad. He made his senior debut all the way back in 2008, and he is still a very capable performer after 18 years as a pro.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}