Chelsea given Viktor Gyokeres and Victor Osimhen transfer verdicts as Liam Delap snubbed

have received doubts that Liam Delap won't be the man to lead them to a title, despite agreeing a £30million transfer for the striker. The Blues are set to trigger a relegation release clause in Delap's contract, adding to firepower alongside .

for the Under-21 international's signature. He is expected to compete with Jackson and Marc Guiu, but questions have been raised over whether more additions at the top of the pitch are necessary.

The Blues have been linked with Viktor Gyokeres and Victor Osimhen, with former Chelsea defender Frank Sinclair claiming that the Sporting man would be his preferred option, casting doubt on Delap's ability to start for a title-winning team.

Chelsea need a top striker and given they have football now, it's a lot easier for them to go and get their man," Sinclair told Express Sport with William Hill. "If Chelsea want to challenge for the Premier League title, then a new striker is needed.

"Osimhen is a top player, very confident in what he does and will thrive in the . I prefer Gyokeres, given he is more of a team player and can score all types of goals and seems to be strong as well.

"Looking at Liam Delap, he has had a good season for Ipswich. To score 10-plus goals in a team who are relegated is good and he would do a good job at Chelsea, given the amount of games they will play.

"If Delap is the one, I am not sure he will be able to push Chelsea to the title, but he is a good young striker and can learn from the current players Chelsea have."

Chelsea had already secured their place in next season's Champions League before becoming the only club ever to win the top European competition in addition to and successes.

Despite the club's track record of winning on the continent, Chelsea's current stars felt that it was necessary to . Sinclair believes they were right to do so and victory over Real Betis in the final can propel the club to further heights.

"It's really big," Sinclair said of the Conference League triumph. "Chelsea have a culture of winning trophies and this was the European Trophy they had the chance to win this season, and they won it.

"This is great for this young squad to get their first trophy under their belt so I have no issue celebrating this trophy and for the owners as well, this is their first trophy for the club.

"It's a new era, a good young group of players and the quality they have in the squad was evident in the second half, especially.

"Don't underestimate how much this will do for this group of players and for the future of the club under Maresca. Chelsea can now build on this and with the right additions to the squad, they can compete for big honours next season."