Hull City are expected to miss out on Liam Delap this summer and Southampton have been offered a boost as Manchester City will reportedly sell the forward to a Premier League side to help them with financial fair play (FFP) difficulties.
Alan Nixon stated via his Patreon that Pep Guardiola’s club will sell Delap to a fellow top-flight side.
The 21-year-old striker spent the 2023/24 season on loan with Hull but will be permitted to depart Man City permanently when the summer transfer window opens. It is said that because Delap is a homegrown talent, selling him helps balance City’s FFP calculations, allowing the Premier League champions to spend again.
So, whilst this is terrible news for the Tigers, Russell Martin’s side will now be confident of getting a deal over the line for the striker this summer.
The Manchester City striker has been receiving interest from Hull City again this summer, with the club’s vice-chairman Tan Kesler telling the Hull Daily Mail in May that the Tigers intended to bring Delap back to the MKM Stadium this summer, whether that be another loan or a permanent signing.
He said: “The chairman wants him so badly. If we didn’t have Financial Fair Play (FFP) and EFL restrictions he (Ilicali) would have literally invested in him and sought to buy him. You know how he is, he’s (Ilicali) extremely passionate for football, very passionate for improvement and we like him (Delap) so much.”
However, the Tigers now look poised to miss out on Delap, and newly-promoted Southampton will be eager to seize on that and arrange a deal for the striker in the coming months.
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