Tottenham Hotspur rival Arsenal in race to sign ‘exceptional’ Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap

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Tottenham Hotspur only recently splashed out on a new striker but are already being linked with a new forward ahead of the January transfer window.

Tottenham Hotspur entered the summer transfer window with one key priority.

A new striker simply had to be signed and Tottenham were ready to splash the cash on a new forward for Ange Postecoglou.

Tottenham decided to strike a big deal for sign Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth.

Tottenham agreed to pay around £65million including potential add-ons for Solanke after seeing him score 19 Premier League goals last season.

Solanke has impressed Spurs teammates with three goals and two assists in nine appearances for Tottenham.

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Tottenham Hotspur want Premier League striker

Solanke has started his Tottenham career impressively and Spurs do still have competition in Richarlison.

Tottenham are though being linked with another potential striking addition with Caught Offside claiming interest in Ipswich Town’s Liam Delap.

It’s claimed that Tottenham are ‘leading the race’ for Delap and are ‘particularly keen’ to sign the striker in 2025.

Arsenal, Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Manchester City are also thought to be interested in signing Delap.

The 21-year-old joined Ipswich from Manchester City of the summer as the Tractor Boys paid around £20million, as noted by BBC Sport.

Delap has impressed for Ipswich, hitting four goals in his first eight Premier League games this season.

Delap is big, strong and quick, which is a horrible combination for Premier League defenders to deal with and Glenn Murray has hailed him as ‘exceptional’, as quoted by the East Anglian Daily Times.

Tottenham appear to have taken a liking to Delap and he is certainly a name to keep tabs on ahead of the January transfer window.

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Shades of Pedro Porro in Liam Delap chase

Delap was a highly-regarded talent at Manchester City and Ange Postecoglou will certainly be aware of him having previously been in charge of Yokohama F. Marinos – a club in the City Football Group.

Making the grade at Manchester City is not easy but Delap is now developing his game away from the Etihad Stadium – just as Pedro Porro did.

Porro never received a chance at City and spent time on loan at Real Valladolid and Sporting before joining the latter permanently.

The Spaniard went away, developed his game at Sporting and is now taking his game to another level with Tottenham and is shining for the Spanish national team.

Delap is now developing at Ipswich and Tottenham may believe that he can follow the same trajectory as Porro in becoming a Premier League star – potentially in North London too.