Frenchman issues clear message about powerful BRAND NEW Chelsea signing

Ex-Blues star Frank Lebeouf is hoping that CHELSEA fans are patient with new summer signing Liam Delap, after the big striker completed his move to Stamford Bridge this week.

Delap was attracting interest from a host of clubs, including Newcastle and Manchester United, after scoring 12 Premier League goals this season, But the 22-year-old chose Chelsea because he believes they can realise his ambition of winning silverware.

On Chelsea’s deal for Delap, Leboeuf said: ‘Expectations are going to be big and the pressure is going to be huge. You won’t know before you experienced it.

‘Any player wants to play for the biggest clubs and you want to try. Hopefully it’s going to work.

‘When I came to Chelsea, I was completely unknown so that was nice, but guys like Gianluca Vialli and Gianfranco Zola came with pressure, even if it wasn’t the Chelsea that we know now.’

He added: ‘Delap is going to have pressure.

‘The fans are fed up with bad strikers and they want someone productive.

‘Let’s give him a chance and see how it works. But unless you’ve tried you will not know if you deserve to be a CHELSEA striker.’

After completing his move to Chelsea, Delap opened up and revealed that he wants to win trophies with the Blues – he told the club website: ‘Growing up watching this club, I understand the stature of it and how incredible it has been over the years,’ he says.

‘I wanted to come here to win trophies. When I spoke to the club, everyone wanted to get back to the very top, and they have the quality and the players to do that. The hunger and desire to keep adding trophies, to take the club back to where it belongs, that is the main objective.’

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