Ipswich Town Striker Liam Delap is very interested in some of the top clubs of the Premier League, but David Moyes has no confidence for Everton
David Moyes would like to lure Liam Delap to Everton to Everton this summer – but fears that the striker of Ipswich will have a movement elsewhere. The toffees get a close-up from the England U21 International when they organize the Tractor Boys in Goodison Park on Saturday.
Delap, 22, wishes interest from Manchester United and Chelsea with a release clause of £ 30 million in his contract that is now active, the side of Kieran McKenna has been relegated.
Moyes is a fan of the former frontman of Manchester City and Everton urgently need a goal scorer, but the striker who has 12 goals this season is perhaps not a move to Merseyside.
The Scot said: “He would be someone we would certainly be interested in. I think what he probably should look at will probably be bigger than what we are. So we would certainly be interested if he was interested in us. That is certainly.”
Everton has a decision to take one of their strikers in the club with Dominic Calvert-Lewin from the contract this summer. Calvert-Lewin, 28, has not been seen since January due to a hamstring injury and has just returned to the training. But the English international did an interview this week with the BBC in which he said he would be interested in staying in the club.
Moyes admits that it is a difficult decision about his contract because of his fitness issues. He added: “I think that when we came in we had 10 injuries, which really worried me. We cannot bring in players who are not reliable and are not available, so it is extremely important for decision -making.
“We get the value from the players for the games they play? We need people to be available. There may be other reasons for it, but at the moment those players have to show that they can make themselves robust. To be successful, we need players who need players and are available.”
Calvert-Lewin is in training again, but is probably not suitable for confronted against Ipswich. With little to play for other than positions in the table, Moyes can use the remaining four games to watch players. But he admits that he assesses Calvert-Lewin during this period can be unfair.
Moyes added: “It would probably be unfair to put the pressure on him, because he is clearly not fit as far as he is not a match fit. He only had three days of training, so that would be really unfair to judge him.
“I am not who always assesses him, Evertonians judge him and they will have their own thoughts about how they think he has done over the years.
“I will be the one who makes the final decision, but stupid is the one who has to show us that he can be robust and fit to play. He undoubtedly has qualities that other strikers do not have and he must show us when he gets the opportunities he must take.
“The first game for me he got a goal against Tottenham and it probably gave him a better feeling. I really believe that if he had been to tea, he would have had a few goals.”