
Sources: UEL final key to Delap to Utd or Chelsea
Mark Ogden
created: May 20, 2025, 3:06 p.m. | updated: May 20, 2025, 8:13 p.m.
Delap, 22, is expected to leave Ipswich after just one season at Portman Road due to the team's relegation from the Premier League enabling him to leave if a rival club triggers his £30 million ($40m) release clause.
Liam Delap has scored 12 times in the Premier League this season.
Having endured their worst league campaign since relegation from the top-flight in 1973-74, United can only qualify for Europe next season if they lift the Europa League trophy and claim the Champions League placed reserved for the winners.
But Conference League finalists Chelsea, who can clinch a Champions League spot by beating Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday, are already assured of a place in Europe next season by virtue of securing a top-seven Premier League finish ahead of the final weekend of the campaign.
If United beat Spurs in Bilbao and qualify for the Champions League, sources have said that Delap is likely to head to Old Trafford.
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