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Everton were keen on signing Liam Delap last summer before he joined Chelsea from Ipswich Town<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n\n
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\nLiam Delap(Image: (Franco Arland\/Getty Images))<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/p>\n
Everton have been backed to make a fresh transfer raid for Liam Delap this summer after missing out to Chelsea last year. David Moyes was keen on signing Delap last summer, as the forward had a \u00a330million release clause in his Ipswich Town contract following the club\u2019s Premier League relegation.<\/p>\n
While Everton held talks with Delap, he opted to join Chelsea, rejecting the chance to also join Manchester United in the process. But his move to Stamford Bridge has not worked out as planned, and he has scored just twice in 38 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n
And former Everton star Pat Nevin believes Everton would be the ideal club for Delap to get his career back on track.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: David Moyes makes Seamus Coleman position clear and provides Idrissa Gueye injury update<\/span><\/span>READ MORE: Everton SHOULD have been given penalty against Man City, panel rules<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t see him going back to Ipswich,” he told Grosvenor Casinos. “Everton would be the obvious place. Absolutely nailed on.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s a done deal, but I think Everton want him and I think it would be brilliant for everyone. And it’s a safer bet for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDelap is nailed on for Everton. There’s technical reasons why. When people talk about the number of goals scored, it’s actually not exactly about that for Everton.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need a certain type of player to hold up the ball, to run the channels, to stretch the game so that three quality players behind you – and they have got brilliant players behind them – get a chance to shine.<\/p>\n
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\nLiam Delap of Chelsea during the FA Cup fifth-round match at Wrexham earlier this month(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/div>\n
\u201cDelap would be perfect. I don’t know if they’ll get him, but Chelsea’s not the right place for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
And speaking via BetVictor earlier this month, Andy Townsend urged: \u201cWith Thierno Barry and Beto at Everton, there’s an opportunity for somebody if you want to go in there and grab a shirt.<\/p>\n
“Those boys are no doubt giving it their very best, but you\u2019d like to think that there\u2019s an opportunity there for somebody if they can convince David Moyes that they can go in there and do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Liam, he\u2019s a big, bustling, hard-running, aggressive centre forward. It\u2019s difficult for a centre-forward to be overly aggressive nowadays because you just can\u2019t get away with that.<\/p>\n
FOLLOW OUR EVERTON FC FACEBOOK PAGE!<\/strong> <\/strong>Latest EFC news and analysis from via the Liverpool Echo\u2019s dedicated FB page<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut I do think that there\u2019s another dimension to his game that he’s got to find. The problem is you go to a club like Chelsea and you\u2019re not playing a lot of football if you\u2019re not playing in the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere isn\u2019t reserve football or anything like that. You don\u2019t get the minutes that perhaps you used to get in generations gone by to keep yourself ticking over.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s very frustrated, but he\u2019s got to get razor-sharp this summer and at the start of next season. He\u2019s got to look like he wants to really get in there and make the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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