Manchester United person made Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap their fig 1 guardant people for the summer.
The Red Devils are successful hopeless request of overhaul up apical aft scoring a measly 37 goals successful 31 Premier League games - the division's sixth-worst record.
Delap has a merchandise clause of astir £40million successful the lawsuit that Ipswich are relegated - thing which looks progressively apt aft their 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Wolves.
The 22-year-old has been a uncommon standout for the Tractor Boys this season, notching 12 Premier League goals.
And his signifier has enthralled a enactment of high-end suitors including Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Manchester City, who person a buyback enactment connected their academy postgraduate astatine conscionable implicit £30m.
However, United spot him astatine the apical of a shortlist which besides includes Viktor Gyokeres, Victor Osimhen, Hugo Ekitike, and Benjamin Sesko.
Manchester United person made Ipswich Town's Liam Delap their apical striker people for summer
Delap has deed 12 goals successful the Premier League this play contempt the Tractor Boys' struggles
Ruben Amorim needs to boost his team's firepower aft a hard play successful the attacking third
As reported successful Mail Sport's unmissable Manchester United Confidential column, 1 vantage for United is that technical manager Jason Wilcox knows Delap good from his clip astatine City’s academy.
Delap would besides travel cheaper than Eintracht Frankfurt's Ekitike, who is valued person to £70m, and Sporting Lisbon's Gyokeres, who volition beryllium disposable for a reported £55m to £70m.
If Delap continues connected his existent trajectory, past this summertime is simply a omniscient 1 to bargain him in, arsenic his worth is apt to skyrocket successful coming seasons.
Thomas Tuchel is keeping an oculus connected the striker for his England squad.
United volition effort to money arrivals by offloading Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho.
Rashford has a £40m enactment successful his indebtedness woody astatine Aston Villa, and it is understood helium could articulation different clubs for a akin fee.
There is an work for Chelsea to crook Sancho’s indebtedness into a imperishable determination worthy betwixt £22-25m, though Confidential revealed the Londoners volition look a fiscal punishment – since confirmed arsenic £5m – if they interruption that statement and motion different winger instead.
United would inactive privation to offload Sancho. Borussia Dortmund are said to beryllium funny successful signing him for a 3rd clip to regenerate Jamie Gittens who, ironically, could extremity up astatine Chelsea.
Osimhen, connected indebtedness astatine Galatasaray from Napoli, could articulation successful a swap woody involving Alejandro Garnacho, who was linked with the Italian nine successful January.