We expect Delap to hit the ground running' - Maresca - video Dailymotion

The Blues boss expects Delap to fit seamlessly into the team's style of play after his big-money move

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00:00We expect the process quite quick with Liam and the reason why is because we know him and

00:07he knows us in the way we want to play. The process for him is quite quick and then it's

00:14also because he's a very good player. We know that Benfica is a top club with a top manager,

00:20with top players and it's going to be tough. But as I said, we are now in the, you know,

00:26from 32, we are in the 16, now the next target for us is to try to be in the first eight.

00:38Yeah, I think there's always that little bit of, you know, not relief, but extra little bit of

00:44confidence. But I think coming to a place like this, you've got to have confidence and belief and,

00:49you know, I'm just lucky to get that one tonight.