Ipswich sign Delap from Man City in £20m deal

Ipswich person signed guardant Liam Delap from Manchester City successful a woody which could beryllium worthy up to £20m.

Delap has agreed a five-year statement which will support him astatine Portman Road until nan summertime of 2029.

The 21-year-old, nan boy of erstwhile Stoke midfielder Rory, is nan newly-promoted Premier League club's 4th signing of nan summer.

Southampton besides had an connection accepted for nan player, but Delap opted to subordinate Kieran McKenna's broadside successful an first £15m woody which is understood to see an further £5m successful imaginable add-ons.

"The head present likes to play breathtaking football. It's speedy and aggravated and I americium looking guardant to that," Delap told nan club's website, external.

"I want to bring goals and assists and I'll activity arsenic difficult arsenic I tin to thief nan team."

Delap made 2 appearances for City successful nan Premier League and spent past play connected indebtedness pinch Hull successful nan Championship, scoring 8 goals successful 32 appearances.

He antecedently had indebtedness spells astatine Stoke and and has been capped by England Under-21s connected 5 occasions, scoring connected his debut distant to Luxembourg past September.

McKenna said Delap has nan "qualities to thief nan squad this season" and will beryllium "an important subordinate for nan nine for galore years to come".

"He is simply a subordinate pinch outstanding beingness and method attributes who has a hunger to travel present and proceed to study and improve," McKenna added.

"He has gained bully first-team acquisition from a young property and we consciousness he has nan imaginable for improvement here."