Ipswich take gold for £65m+ star in the making of who will go 'to the top'

Life comes back in Premier League It's been hard to Ipswich Town This season.

Kieran McKenna The team have looked impressive in some games and have picked up points at the expense of some of the league's top players, such as Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, but at the moment, they find themselves in 19th place.

Fortunately, there is still more than half the season to go, and despite remaining in the relegation zone, the team is blessed with a number of very talented players, many of whom were signed in the summer.

Indeed, if they are to survive this season, it will likely be in large part down to those signings, including a player who has won comparisons with a £65m international.

Ipswich's best summer signing

Before we get to the player in question, let's take a look at a few of Ipswich's other impressive summer signings, starting with the exciting Sammie Szmodics.

The Ireland international has joined the Tractor Boys from Championship side Blackburn Rovers For up to 11 million pounds sterling After a wonderful campaign in which he scored He scored 33 goals and provided four assists In only 48 matches.

With the Premier League being a much tougher competition, the 29-year-old has not been prolific this season, but his goal tally Three goals in 15 matches He's still a good returner, and is often one of McKenna's most dangerous attackers.

Moving to midfield now, we come to Jens Cajuste, who has joined The club is on loan for a season Summer, which, according to some reports, includes Purchase must be committed Club stay.

We'll have to wait and see if that's true, but for now it would be fair to say that the Swedish international has looked reasonably impressive in the heart of midfield, helping to clear away opposition attacks and then helping to start their attacks.

However, while both players and a few others signed in the summer have made their mark at Ipswich this season, there has been one player who has undoubtedly been the pick of the bunch.

The £65m Ipswich star is in the making

So, based on who we talked about above, it should come as no surprise that the signing in question is Liam Delap.

The 21-year-old phenom has joined the club From Manchester City for 20 million pounds sterling over the summer and has since become undoubtedly one of Ipswich's most important players.

The young goalscorer has already scored Six goals and one assist In just 16 league appearances – 15 of which were starts – that equates to a reasonably impressive average of goal involvements every 2.28 games.

Moreover, the “amazing” 6-foot-1 catcher, As Pep Guardiola called itgives his teammates a goal to shoot for and build on in matches, which helps improve the team overall and gives the opponent something to worry about.

His impressive start to the Premier League has seen him compared to a number of more famous strikers, including Tottenham Hotspur's Dominic Solanke.

This comparison, in In particular, it stems from FBrefwhich compares players in similar positions in the Premier League, then creates a list of the ten most comparable players for each, and in this case, concluded that the Tottenham player is the fourth most similar midfielder to the Ipswich star.

Now, to get a better idea of ​​how this conclusion was reached, we can examine the key metrics the pair rank closely in, including but not limited to non-penalty goals as well as assists, progressive carries, goals per shot, and successful shots – ons, passes into the penalty area and more, all in 90.

Now, seeing your striker compared to the No.9 in the 'Big Six' is already a great sign for the Tractor Boys and a positive indicator of what the Winchester-born star is. Statman Dave believesgoing “to the top”, but it's also good news regarding his valuation.

We say this because Bournemouth were only sold in the summer Solanke for £65 millionAnd although Delap doesn't deserve it at this particular moment, there's no reason to believe he won't deserve it and more if he continues at his current level.

Ultimately, Ipswich are having a difficult season this year, and survival is not guaranteed, but with their young and exciting striker, they can at least be sure they have a star in the making.