Delaps's huge wage demands revealed as Man Utd and Chelsea chase young striker

Delap's release clause dropped from £40m to £30m after their return to the Championship was confirmed at St James' Park on Saturday after their 3-0 defeat to Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United. Several top sides are said to be interested in the 22-year-old who will demand a major pay rise if he does make the move.

As reported by Chronicle Live, it is understood that Delap would be wanting a wage between £120,000 and £150,000 per week should he leave Ipswich Town this summer. This seems more than reasonable for a player after a breakthrough season where he netted 12 goals and provided two assists across 33 top-flight appearances for a newly promoted side.

Liam Delap is expected to ask for eye watering wages of between £120,000 to £150,000 per week in any talks with interested clubs. Newcastle would have to think long and hard about making the 22-year-old one of our top earners for a back up to Alexander Isak.

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United, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur are all hoping to snap him up this summer which means former club Manchester City are almost certainly going to receive a chunk of cash as 20% of any transfer fee will be owed to them. With the likes of United and Spurs set to miss out on European football if they don't win the Europa League this season, it will be interesting to see if the likes of Newcastle can step up and draw the talented forward away.