I personally don't believe he's ready yet, but I'd love him to get the chance and ram that comment down my throat!

It's all part of his overall development. Included with senior squad training is an education in itself... shame we won't benefit from it long term.... just think what he can learn from the likes of Harry Kane. It's invaluable.

Genuine question.

Will he want to be playing in the championship next year if he has his heart set on breaking into the England senior team?

I can't help but think a team in the Premier League would happily meet the £40 million buy out clause whatever the ins and outs of that curtail?

10 goals this year?

Most of those created by himself.

With decent service Delap would be a 20+ goals a season player.

I don't think anybody is of the opinion (and hasn't been for some time) that he'll be here next season.

Really hope he decides to stay with us,for at least another season.But sadly with Newcastle, Chelsea and Man Utd all showing genuine interest,with their scouts at most games,I'm afraid it's very unlikely.

Ole, Ole !!

Why do people think Delap won't be here? Do some think he signed a one season deal with an option to leave if relegated when we were and still are favourite to be relegated, he only scored a handful last year and I do agree with good service he would score way more and would of this season if Davis wasn't playing and our wingers could play in their right positions and provide the goals and at under 21 level with Palmer, Morgan and Mcatee providing he scored 32 in a season but he is still in development.

If he goes to a top 6 as a squad player he may as well of stayed at Man City on bench, he isn't getting in front of Haaland, Nunez, Watkins, Solanke, Wissa, Isak, Mateta, Havertz, Bowen, Jiminez, Cunah, Kluivert, Pedro, Jackson.
So by my reckoning that leaves Man Utd, Everton and newly promoted clubs.
Man City have first option if bid met to buy at 40 million so but also a 20% buy on clause. So depending on what happens with them in court attle depends massively on Delaps future even though he is a Town player.

If Man City get relegated and transfer embargo that is great for Town firstly that would mean if we were third bottom we would stay up and don't have to sell Delap who is on a 5 year contract and will be well aware Town could go down before he signed in the Summer but if he did want to go then Town could name their price taking in to consideration Man City 20%clause so prob 50 million or so doubling investment at least as there would be no add on.

If relegated and Man City win then if a bid of 50 million was placed Man City will just exercise their buy back get him for 40 mill and sell hin for more as he is their asset from youth level so it helps with their FFP but of course it would be up to Delap if he wanted to go back to City.

So it's win/win for Town stay up , he probaly stays, go down and he either stays or goes but City hold the cards whilst in Prem and won't want him going to a rival in top 6 but relegated he could go to any club and Town make 40 million around 40% of our transfer fees this season and if we are down we will get a great striker for 20 million like Taj Wright or similar if Coventry don't go up.

I think he will stay up or down next season, all his friends are here, he knows the project, Mckenna gave him his chance etc and next season we don't need to sell, we don't need to make too many signings either if relegated.

Training with England be great experience but I'm sure he will spearhead England U21 in Euros this Summer.

£40 Mill buy out clause ???

Of course to add we have already paid 15 mill to City so we would make 25 mill profit from City.
Newcastle guaranteed Europe now so can't see Isak going but they do need a back up and if Nunez goes so will Liverpool, he won't go Man Utd. I would bet on Newcastle Utd if he goes anywhere as he is very Shearer esque.
Time will tell but its no drama if he stays or goes just good business by Ipswich for seeing his potential and getting him in.

@wickets only for Man City, they can buy him back for 40 million if a bid comes in from another club and we want to sell him, if Man City don't want to buy him back which is highly unlikely then Town could ask their price and City get 20% but if course he is a Town player on 5 year contract so if we don't want to sell him we don't have to. Just like Levy didn't with Kane.

Is it worth a 25 mill profit and money back that we paid for him and sign another striker or do they keep hoping our forward line will eat up the Championship and we get a return to Prem in less than a year which is worth 100mill plus, I think that is a very strong possibility and one Ashton and Mckenna will make.

It's been widely reported that Man City do have some sort of clause regarding any possible Delap transfer away from Town but no-one seems to know the exact details of this agreement .

Man City might be down at our expense, at which time we'll have 113 reasons to laugh a them and their buyout clause.

@wickets
Yeah its basically if Ipswichnwant to sell and recieve an offer then Man City have clause as first option to buy him back set at 40 million and then it's up to Delap he can stay at Town or go back.
If Man City didn't want to buy him back then Ipswich can sell him for any price they want accept but Man City get 20% so it all comes down to Man City situation.
The other thing is Liam Delap is an Ipswich Town player signed for 5 years and Town do not have to sell him at least next season anyway and I think he might just be worth more to the club to fire us back up to Prem as its worth way more, or they could send him on loan to the Prem for a fee with a clause to buy for one season if we aren't promoted which is quite common now Sancho at Chelsea, Sterling at Arsenal etc, that way he gets another year in Prem, could get an England call up which would put his fee up more, that would be the best option if they thought with the wingers we have, Szmodicks and Hirst up top and maybe another striker of Al Hamadi could get the goals to instantly return, which with J Clarke, Phillogene, Hutchinson, Broadhead, Hirst and Szmodicks that's over 100 goals between them alone based on 2023/2024 season add a Championship or elder Prem striker like an Ings we should be fine and Delap would still be our asset.

Lots of options but firstly we need to try and catch Wolves and stay up and if not at the very least stay ahead of Leicester so Man City relegation saves us.
If relegated at least for next season we hold alot of cards to get straight back up

If Delap went on loan I really think all we will sign is a left back to cover Townsend but really we don't even need that as Greaves can cover there and Woolfeden is Centre Back as O'Shea who can cover right and we will have Baggott who I think will be in the squad if we are in the Championship or Burgess signs an extension same with Tunazabe but if not H Clarke will be back and Johnson will hold his own in Prem. I think we will sign Cajuste but if not we have Humphries back and I'm pretty sure Downes be back if not and if in Championship Humphries will get a chance and J Taylor will stay in squad.On right we Ogbene and Hutchinson and Phillogene, on left Phillogene, J Clarke and Broadhead, up top Szmodicks, Hirst, Al Hamadi, in goal Palmer and Muric. Few new faces and we okay for Championship push, if we stay up the calibre of player in midfield be better, another striker, another left back that's about it as Cajuste will stay.
Worst case we go down and Delap goes on loan we are still really strong, I think we will play a 4-2-3-1 and I think Hutchinson stays in 10 alternating with Broadhead
Palmer
Tunazabe
O'Shea
Greaves
Townsend
Cajuste
Humphries
J Clarke/Phillogene
Hutchinson/Broadhead
Phillogene/Ogbene
Szmodicks
Or a 4-4-2
With Hirst and Szmodicks up top quite exciting actually

Lee James not sure where or why you keep saying 40 million but back clause because that’s just speculation the club have never come out and said that? Or have you got a friend of a friend working there’s who’s told your friends friend?

@beattiesbackpocket
No need to be sarcastic
I never said £40 million buy back like Man City can pay 40 million to get him back that's the rumoured fee and current estimation. What City have is a buy back clause which means if a club bids for Delap and Town accept it then Man City get the option currently get first option to buy him back at approx 40 million capped, then it's up to Delap.

If Man City didn't want to pay 40 million and Liverpool bid 40 and Ipswich want to sell Man City get 20% sell on, so with us paying 15 mill already plus possible 5 mill add on then another 20% so 8 mill (based on 40 mill) that's only 12 mill profit, not including wages and fees.

Delap has signed a five year deal and Town don't need to sell next season especially an asset like Delap and I don't think a club will go higher than 40 mill unless he goes on a scoring spree.

As I said I don't think he will be going anywhere next season regardless what league we are in as his goals with our attacking forwards should be enough to get us back up you would think and that's as we know mega money again or if Mckenna thinks between Szmodicks, Hirst, Phillogene, J Clarke, Broadhead, Ogbene will have enough goals in Championship then a very likely scenario would be Town to loan him to a Prem club who then pay his wages, his stock goes up, he gets another season in Prem, maybe an England full call up and stock continues to grow but he stays an Ipswich asset which would be good business. Ultimately its not down to Delap or Man City at all, he is a Town player on a 5 year contract, we don't need to sell and Mckenna and Ashton are building a team to be established in Prem so if they want him in Championship, along with all the other new signings then he stays, its that simple. There will be no sell if relegated clause as that would not be good business for Town being faves to go down, so I think next season Liam Delap remains a Town player be it in Championship or on loan, both make sense for the club to continue growing.
Alot of the League 1/Championship lads will go like Burns, Chaplin, Morsy , luongo, maybe Tunaazabe and Burgess with contracts up but I think they be offered new deals but we do have cover in those positions if we go down with Baggot and H Clarke.
Right now we don't know what division we end in l, we can catch Wolves or must cement third because of City debacle but up or down the one player who needs to be sold is Leif Davis as brilliant as he has been if he doesn't go then the club needs to look at Mckenna as all the signings he made have been put in wrong positions to accomodate him and he has cost us so many goals, 2 assists etc so with the players he has bought he can't fit Davis in team and them.
If I was a manager I would play Leif in a 3 man mid in front of Townsend and behind J C large or Phillogene but Mckenna won't do it and I don't think anyone knows why but Davis just won't stay in defence.
If he is dropped I think we go on a run. The one thing for certain is Liam Delap is an Ipswich Town player and asset and that was a great signing by the club.

Delap is definitely off in the summer, whatever division we are in.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.

There is no way in what ever circumstances that he will be with us next season, he is premier league standard we are not/

Having spoken to people who are in a better position to know and explain the Delap situation and all i hear is that there is something in place but the details are not common knowledge, so why some persist in posting details when the facts arent known! One thing is for sure Mark Ashton will have got the best possible outcome in place for Itfc

Hopefully his dad ( Delap senior ) will keep his feet on the ground!

In the mean time lets enjoy him being a town player, see what develops over the summer!

Having spoken to people who are in a better position to know and explain the Delap situation and all i hear is that there is something in place but the details are not common knowledge, so why some persist in posting details when the facts arent known! One thing is for sure Mark Ashton will have got the best possible outcome in place for Itfc

Hopefully his dad ( Delap senior ) will keep his feet on the ground!

In the mean time lets enjoy him being a town player, see what develops over the summer!

Lee James you don’t need to explain the buy back clauses I fully understand but what you’re saying is incorrect. Let’s make this easy to understand. If a club comes in for 50 million bid they (city) have to match it. If city do and we was to sell they don’t just get 10 million from a 50 mill fee its 20% of PROFIT MADE. So if we brought him for 20 mill say that’s 30 mill profit and they get 20% of that which is 6 millions so not sure where your 10 million comes from it’s simple math. We then make24 mill in one season.
On another note if he’s sniffing around the full England squad that puts more money on his price tag. If he’s given assurances that he can still be around the squad he may be best to give it a season and if we don’t go up he gets his move who knows it’s all speculation right now.

And as I say Lee James NOONE has confirmed this 40 million buy buy back for city the understanding is that they have to match any bid OVER 40 million same as Villa had on philogene they have to match it so a club can’t bid 50 million and city take him for 40 mill that’s not how that works so stop saying it is

Amazing that some claim to be "in the know " when KM himself has said he is not sure of the details of Liam's sell on clause !

I think he may stay with us, at least for next season.
Rutter stayed with Leeds for one season and they paid £40 million for him.
We have no reason to sell him, and he may not want to go and be a bench warmer.
We should try and keep him at all costs.

Anyone who thinks delap will be with us next season is deluded, the guy is a beast and will be a top top striker..... 10 goals for a team that creates nothing. He'd get 20+ goals in a decent prem side