Giroud backs 'talented' Delap to succeed at Chelsea

Ex-Blues striker Olivier Giroud doesn't believe the number nine role is cursed and Liam Delap will flourish

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00:00You can be under the spotlight when things go really well, but you are the first on the front line when you are not scoring goals.

00:11If he's got a good mentality and I think he's very talented, then the boys will help him to settle well.

00:20I think it will be fine.

00:22When I signed for Milan AC, Paolo Maldini told me on the first Zoom I had almost with him,

00:29he said, are you sure about the number nine? Because he said, it's kind of a curse.

00:34I said, it's not about the number I have in my back which will make me be good and score goals.

00:41So I said, no, no, I want the nine. And then I showed him that there was no curse.

00:48I said, no, no, I want his team to know.

00:49But you may not have a curse and get it right away.

00:53So I've said they were good.

00:54I'm going to find the number nine.

00:57I think everybody is going to find the number nine to score.

00:59I've said, it's no curse.

01:01I don't know what it is.

01:02I'm going to find the number nine.

01:05I bet.

01:07I've said, all the people come here.