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Chelsea’s new star DUMPED by stunning girlfriend during Club World Cup

  • New Chelsea striker had been going out with a Scottish influencer for a year 
  • Reports suggest the relationship has ended while Delap is at the Club World Cup  
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Liam Delap has reportedly been dumped by his Scottish model girlfriend. 

Delap, 22, was previously involved with Leanna Paul, a 25-year-old model and social media influencer. 

According to entertainment outlet Glam, Set & Match, Paul has ended the relationship while Delap is on Club World Cup duty with Chelsea.

After the break-up, Paul released a cryptic statement on Instagram. 

One post read: ‘You can’t keep someone loyal by loving them harder.’

Delap moved from Ipswich to Chelsea in a £30 million move earlier this summer. 

Chelsea's Liam Delap was dating Scottish influencer Leanna Paul before their recent break-up

Paul, from Scotland, has over 500,000 followers combined on platforms Instagram and TikTok

According to reports, Leanna Paul was shown evidence of Liam Delap with a different woman

He inherited the number nine shirt number at Stamford Bridge and is with Enzo Maresca’s squad during their ongoing Club World Cup campaign in America. 

Delap scored his first Chelsea goal during their 3-0 win over Esperance Tunis earlier in the competition. 

He has featured on five occasions during the Club World Cup, starting each of the last four. 

Delap looks to be firmly in the hunt to be Chelsea’s starting striker come the start of the Premier League season.  

Tuesday night sees Delap and co line out against Fluminense in the competition’s semi-final stage.

Paul’s Instagram account lists her as a blogger and model. She has just under 200,000 followers on the platform. 

On TikTok, that number jumps to over 325,000 followers. 

She had previously been dating Chelsea’s new striker for over a year, only for the relationship come to an end. 

'You can’t keep someone loyal by loving them harder,' said Paul in a recent Instagram story

Leanna Paul was dating Chelsea's new striker for over a year before the relationship ended

Prior to the break-up, Paul reportedly dismissed previous cheating claims without evidence

Liam Delap played his first games for Chelsea and scored his first goal during the ongoing CWC

Should Chelsea beat Fluminense on Tuesday, they will line out in the Club World Cup final on Sunday where they will meet either PSG or Real Madrid. 

So far in the tournament, they have LAFC and ES Tunis but lost to Flamengo – all in the group stages. 

In the knockouts, Maresca’s men worked past Benfica and Palmeiras to reach Tuesday’s semi-final. 

The club starts its Premier League campaign at home to Crystal Palace on August 17th.  

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