Don Goodman has claimed Liam Delap is great value for £30 million amid uncertainty over his Ipswich Town future.

It was reported earlier this month by the Guardian that the forward has a release clause that will become active once the club are officially relegated to the EFL.

This release clause reportedly has a value of £30 million, amid interest from both Chelsea and Manchester United.

Delap joined Ipswich last summer, and has hit a double digit goal figure in his first campaign as a top flight striker.

Don Goodman’s Liam Delap transfer verdict

Goodman believes that a £30 million price tag will see a lot of suitors come forward for Delap due to it being such good value.

He’s praised the 22-year-old for being one of the bright sparks in Ipswich’s campaign, and expects that release clause to be paid.

“I think he’d be the one, Liam Delap, in terms of Ipswich probably struggling to keep hold of him,” Goodman exclusively told Football League World.

“So if it’s public knowledge that the buyout is £30 million then I think there are going to be several clubs, maybe both home and abroad, that would pay that for sure.

“And because of that, he would be a good signing for anybody, literally, because of the price tag.

“Let’s have it right, even if he went somewhere and it didn’t go right, they’d still get probably an awful lot of that £30 million back for him.

“It’s one of those, isn’t it, with transfers you just never know until they’re there.

“When you look at Ipswich’s transfers this last season you could argue he’s one of the very, very few that have been anywhere near a good signing for value.”

Ipswich are heading for relegation straight back to the Championship after gaining promotion from the Premier League in 2024.

Delap will leave Ipswich this summer

Delap’s goal-scoring record and £30 million release clause means it’s far more likely he will leave Ipswich instead of stay.

He has performed well given the circumstances surrounding the club’s struggles in the Premier League.

A move to Chelsea or Man United would be a step up, although either environment might not be what he should be looking to join at this stage of his career.

Both clubs have proven very difficult places to move to in the recent past, and there should be no shortage of alternative options either in the Premier League or even abroad that he could consider instead.

Ipswich struck gold on “wrecking-ball” who’s a £100m talent in the making

It was another tough day at the office for Ipswich Town last Sunday.

For a while, it looked as if Kieran McKenna’s side would come away from their game against Wolverhampton Wanderers with all three points and close the gap on survival.

Unfortunately, the visitors staged a late comeback, and now it’s really starting to look like next season will see the Suffolk side return to the Championship.

However, they certainly have the players to bounce right back, and if they are forced to sell, they’ll make a pretty penny, especially off one star who’s been compared to an international ace valued at over £100m.

Ipswich’s biggest sales

So, before talking about the player who could easily become Ipswich’s biggest-ever sale, it’s worth examining those who currently make up the list, such as Tyrone Mings.

The Aston Villa star joined the club for just £10k from non-league Chippenham Town in 2013 and would go on to make 63 appearances for the Tractor Boys, scoring once and providing eight assists.

Then, in the summer of 2015, Bournemouth paid a whopping £8m for his services, which equates to a massive 79900% increase on what he originally cost the Suffolk side – talk about wheeling and dealing.

One of the other most expensive sales in the club’s history was of striker Connor Wickham.

The Englishman was an academy product and, after making his first team debut in the 08/09 season, went on to score 15 goals and provide four assists in 72 appearances.

It was in the summer of 2011 that Sunderland paid an initial fee of around £8.1m for the centre-forward’s services, which, again, netted the Blues a hefty profit.

However, if the club are forced to sell some of their stars this summer, then there is one who, thanks to his form and comparisons to other top players, could net them a fortune.

The star who could be Ipswich’s biggest sale

While there are several top-quality players in Ipswich’s squad, it will likely come as no surprise that the one we are talking about is Liam Delap.

The former Manchester City star joined the club for around £20m in the summer and has since racked up a sensational haul of 12 goals and two assists in just 30 Premier League games.

Such a brilliant rate of return has not only caught the interest of other top sides, like Manchester United, but also seen the 22-year-old “wrecking-ball,” as dubbed by Sky Sports reporter Lewis Jones, compared to another of Europe’s most exciting strikers, Benjamin Sesko.