Liam Delap Scouting Report At Ipswich Town 2024/2025 – Player Analysis

Liam Delap emerged from the Manchester City academy, earning minutes sporadically, but was unable to break through into the first team as expected.

The competition in the striker role was also a hot topic at Man City.

At first, it was Sergio Agüero.

Once he left, Pep Guardiola began using a false 9 system, and Liam Delaps style of play didn’t fit that role, as hes more of a pure striker.

Since the 2022/23 season, Delap has been on loan, attempting to secure consistent playing time.

However, on July 13, 2024, he joined Ipswich Town for a €17.85m fee, which was a significant increase from his market value of €8m.

This season, hes finally proving his worth at the top flight, playing 30 matches for the club in the Premier League and 2,349 minutes, scoring 12 goals and two assists—not bad for your first time getting starter minutes in the top flight.

But now that hes had that breakthrough season, many clubs are eyeing him up for a potential transfer.

In this football scouting report, we will examine Liam Delaps player profile, his strengths, what makes him unique, his potential as a player, and what we believe are the next best steps for his career.

Who Is Liam Delap?

Delap is a young striker with lots of potential, particularly around the box.

He has an excellent eye and is great at repositioning himself and adapting to changing scenarios.

Hes not a static striker who stays in one place.

He likes to move around and understand how he should be positioned for the ball.

He has that clean ball-striking ability you see in the best strikers: Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Luis Suárez, the players who can strike the ball from all angles with very clean hits.

And Liam Delap can work with both his feet.

His movement with his back to the goal is also excellent, similar to Romelu Lukaku.

He knows how to turn and twist away from his opponent by using his body to escape that space.

Additionally, due to his physical frame and strength, he can hold players off with his arms, similar to the video demonstration from his Everton days, in which Lukaku shows how he likes to spin off players to then look at the goal.

Liam Delap possesses a similar ability; he can use his arms to create space against the opponent through quick body movements and turns.

A problem with Delap is his decision-making on the ball at times.

His technical ability is solid, but he often takes too long strides.

Think of why players like Suárez were so good as strikers: Little touches and movements, keeping the ball close to you and controlling your space.

Often, Liam takes touches too far and accelerates too much, which prevents him from slowing down and gaining control.

Due to his intelligence, movement, understanding of the game, and physical frame, he has excellent build-up and link-up play.

One area of his game where he slightly lacks is creative ability, but that will improve over time.

Liam Delap Player Radar Map

His radar map isn’t the most attractive profile, but that’s expected as he’s just starting out in top-flight football.

His shots per 90 (58.8 percentile) are a bit low for a striker, but he surprisingly ranks very well in dribbles per 90 (85th percentile).

He also ranks average in goal co