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Yahoo
2 days ago
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🚨 Chelsea complete the signing of Ipswich star Liam Delap
Champions League-bound Chelsea have begun their planned summer shopping spree in earnest after officially completing the £30m signing of Ipswich star Liam Delap. Delap, 22, was the standout performer for the Tractor Boys across the ill-fated 2024/25 Premier League campaign, and despite dropping back down to the Championship, the England youth international impressed the big boys to the tune of 12 goals; 33% of Ipswich's total number across the season. Despite a number of attacking assets at Stamford Bridge, including Senegalese international Nicholas Jackson, Blues boss Enzo Maresca now added further depth of quality in west London ahead of their return to Europe's premier club competition. Advertisement Delap will now once again team up with fellow Manchester City academy product Cole Palmer in what could become an impressive attacking duo down the line. 📸 Gareth Copley - 2025 Getty Images
Scottish Sun
4 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Rangers face major battle to land key summer target as league champions plan to hijack swoop
MET IN THE MIDDLE Rangers face major battle to land key summer target as league champions plan to hijack swoop Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) RANGERS face a battle to land Brazilian midfielder Metinho. SunSport revealed last month how the 22-year-old is on the radar of new Ibrox owners 49ers Enterprises as a major summer target. Sign up for the Rangers newsletter Sign up 1 Metinho in action for Basel last season Credit: Alamy Metinho has flagged up to them on the back of his performances for Basel during a successful loan from Troyes. The midfield man was outstanding as they landed their first title since 2017 so the Swiss champions have indicated they want to keep him permanently. Ligue 2 side Troyes, part of the City Group, are willing to do a deal for the player, who arrived in Europe aged 18 for £4 million from Fluminense. Metinho has had previous loans to Lommel and Sparta Rotterdam in Belgium and Holland, but it's in Switzerland he's found his best form. Rangers are one of the clubs who have expressed an interest in securing his signature, but Champions League-bound Basel are serious rivals. They are keen to move first and with interest from Scotland as well as the English Championship, are preparing to launch a bid. 49ers bosses have had new sporting director Kevin Thelwell working on recruitment plans while they waited on the takeover being officially ratified. And despite not having a new boss in place, they have been preparing a comprehensive list of players to present to him on day one in the job. Metinho is prominent in their thoughts, but other clubs are circling now ahead of a summer battle for his services. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Daily Record
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Arne Engels responds to Atalanta transfer link as £11m man makes clear statement on Celtic future
The summer mill has ramped up early - with the Belgium cap touted with a Parkhead exit Arne Engels has shrugged off speculation linking him with Atalanta by insisting he's loving life at Celtic. The Italians are reportedly weighing up a summer swoop for the Belgium midfielder. But Record Sport understands the Hoops are in no rush to sell after forking out a club record £11million to land Engels from Augsburg last August. Engels, 21, says he isn't aware of interest from the Champions League-bound Serie A outfit as he focuses on tomorrow's Scottish Cup Final. He said: 'No, not really, I didn't read it, so it's the first time that I've heard about it. There will always be something to write or to talk about and if you have a good season and hopefully win a lot of things, then there will always be clubs and always be speculation around a lot of players. "I think I am not the only one here that will have speculation in the summer. I'm just focused here now on the next game and it's a really big one and then in the summer I only want to get better.' Engels has registered 10 goals and 13 assists in an impressive debut campaign at Parkhead. But the four-time capped star knows there's still huge room for improvement next season. The Belgian said: "Yes, 100 per cent. There is always a lot of things to get better on and also as a team we still lost some games and we don't want to lose any games next year. "I think there will be a lot of work in the summer that we need to do and we need to get better in that we can have hopefully a better season next year. "It's a big thing to go into Europe and to do really well there and hopefully we can compete for all the trophies again like we did this year and we will see where we end.' Engels only checked into Celtic Park on deadline day last summer and the playmaker is looking forward to a full pre-season under Brendan Rodgers. He said: 'Yes, of course, if you settle in really well, then you are more relaxed and you are more aware of everything that you need to do, and hopefully that will be the case next year. "You never know how it is. It's up to me to work hard into the summer and then we will see where we are. But yeah, it's a big aim for me to do better than this year. "I know I did well this year, but I also want to do even better next year and make a lot of steps in my football career.' The ex-Club Brugge starlet stands on the brink of Treble-winning history if Celts overcome Aberdeen at Hampden. Engels has already lifted the title and Premier Sports Cup and says the chance to win silverware and make history is why he joined the Scottish champions. He said: '100 per cent. It would be amazing to do that, to accomplish that and it was of course a big thing to come here and to win trophies and to be able to hopefully win three trophies in the end would be an amazing feeling. "It would be a perfect season for me to start here. So yeah, that would be really nice.' Engels savoured last weekend's title party as the curtain fell on the Premiership campaign and added: 'Now I know the feeling Callum and James have had so often, that if you win something then you want it again and you want that feeling again. "It's a special feeling, you cannot really describe it, how it is, how it feels like and that's why I wanted to come here to feel how it is. "Now I felt it and I only want to win more and do better and better so there is a big opportunity in the weekend and hopefully I can feel that again.'
