Chelsea lineup vs. Spurs: Predicted XI for pre-season clash as Xabi Alonso makes Liam Delap decision

Xabi Alonso faces a large enactment determination successful onslaught regarding Liam Delap pursuing the Chelsea striker's indifferent show against Western Sydney, with the Englishman expected to beryllium benched for Saturday's pre-season clash with Tottenham Hotspur. 

Delap's apt demotion comes aft Joao Pedro spectacularly introduced himself past clip out, netting a game-altering hat-trick and mounting up Jamie Gittens's equaliser moments aft coming disconnected the bench. 

Having fielded a youthful broadside successful their opening fixture, Alonso is acceptable to reward respective awesome starlets with different start.

Landon Emenalo is tipped to clasp his spot astatine left-back aft a beardown showing, portion 16-year-old Reggie Watson, lad of 2013 FA Cup-winning midfielder Ben Watson, should support his spot successful the motor room. 

Fellow 17-year-olds Reggie Walsh and Dastan Satpaev are besides successful enactment to support their starting roles alongside Gittens successful an adventurous originative portion deployed straight down Joao Pedro. 

Watson is expected to beryllium joined successful the centre of the parkland by Dario Essugo, who volition look to supply antiaircraft stableness and let Walsh the state to run successful the precocious No. 10 position. 

Further back, Alonso whitethorn present a fewer much first-team regulars into the antiaircraft line, wherever Wesley Fofana and Levi Colwill could signifier a cardinal concern flanked by Emenalo and Josh Acheampong. 

This rearguard volition enactment up straight up of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, who is acceptable to commencement betwixt the sticks arsenic the Blues look to unafraid different affirmative effect successful their warm-up schedule.

Chelsea imaginable starting lineup: 

Sanchez; Acheampong, Fofana, Colwill, Emenalo; Watson, Essugo; Satpaev, Walsh, Gittens; Joao Pedro

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