Senior figures at Manchester United were reportedly confident they would be able to convince Liam Delap to join them over Chelsea this summer.Last Minute Tickets STILL Available for the Champions League Final!That now clearly looks like it won’t be the case, with Delap instead choosing to move to Stamford Bridge, largely because of Champions League football.That’s according to a report from iNews, who add that Man Utd are now looking at two Arsenal targets in Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko as alternatives.It could be that they’ll face a similar issue there, however, with the report once again noting that Champions League football could be key for those players.Man United miss out on Delap, and now Sesko too…?Sesko is linked with United by iNews, but this comes as Arsenal seem to be stepping up their pursuit of the RB Leipzig striker.See below as Fabrizio Romano has reported on the Gunners entering into concrete talks over a move for the talented young Slovenia international…? Understand Arsenal have started moving initial concrete talks for Benjamin Šeško deal.He’s always been high on recruitment team, management, Mikel Arteta list with attempts to get deal done rejected by Leipzig in May 2024 and January……now Šeško will leave. Arsenal on it. pic.twitter.com/UHXkPxoeb5— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 29, 2025Unlike United, Arsenal can also offer Champions League football, so that surely gives them the edge in the race to sign Sesko, just as it gave Chelsea the advantage they needed with Delap.Viktor Gyokeres to follow Ruben Amorim to Old Trafford?That could leave Sporting Lisbon goal machine Gyokeres as the most likely option for United, though that surely won’t be easy either.Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres celebrate for Sweden (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)One key factor in their favour, though, could be the presence of Ruben Amorim, who worked so well with Gyokeres when they were both together at Sporting.The Sweden international really exploded into the form of his career under the Portuguese tactician, so perhaps he could overlook United’s other issues in order to work with his old manager again.More Stories / Latest NewsMan Utd were confident of beating Chelsea to Delap – two Arsenal transfer targets now eyed insteadMay 30 2025, 8:23Collymore’s column: 9/10 season for Chelsea, Thierry Henry comments are great, Malaysia embarrassment for Man United, and moreMay 30 2025, 8:00Exclusive: Chelsea in talks to sign 33 G/A striker alongside Delap for “tactical flexibility”May 30 2025, 7:11Gyokeres has a superb scoring record in recent times, but he’s also perhaps more risky than Sesko or Delap.Delap is 22 and Sesko is 21, whereas Gyokeres will soon turn 27 and has never played in one of Europe’s big five leagues.The post Man Utd were confident of beating Chelsea to Delap – two Arsenal transfer targets now eyed instead appeared first on CaughtOffside.