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·15 June 2025
Chelsea train in USA: Liam Delap and Mike Penders in first sessions at the club – Santos there

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·15 June 2025
Chelsea have had their first training session after landing in the USA for the Club World Cup, and Liam Delap has been spotted.
Blues boss Enzo Maresca has already given his thoughts about new signings Liam Delap, Dario Essugo, and Mamadou Sarr who all join his squad out in America for the Club World Cup this summer.
And it looks like Chelsea are still trying to add another new defender to the ranks as well, with an apparent offer being rejected for a Serie A star this week and other such links that have come up in recent weeks.
There will be plenty more incomings and outgoings at Chelsea during the long summer transfer window that will reopen tomorrow morning on the day Chelsea play their first Club World Cup game of the tournament that kicked off in the early hours of Sunday morning.
As you can see in the images above, Chelsea have landed in the USA and they have taken part in their first training session over there before kicking off their campaign against Los Angeles FC tomorrow night at 8pm UK time.
Liam Delap, Mike Penders, and Andrey Santos are all pictured here, with it being Delap and Penders first training sessions for the club.
Delap looks like an absolute unit and will be looking to make an instant impression as he battles Nicolas Jackson for that main striker role at the club.
He’s taken the number 9 shirt, which shows his intentions and a very strong mentality going into his Chelsea career.
You can already sense that he backs himself and he is going to be putting himself about up there for Chelsea being a constant nuisance to centre backs.
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