Ipswich Town and Coventry City both know they need to significantly improve their squads if they are to stand a chance of avoiding relegation from the Premier League.
Seven of the last nine teams to emerge from the Championship were relegated, with Sunderland and Leeds United hitting the mark last season.
Signing a new midfielder is on the cards for both Ipswich and Coventry in the summer transfer window, as Frank Lampard and incoming City boss Gary O’Neill will know they need regular goals.
Despite being relegated under Kieran McKenna, the Bulldozer Boys got a regular goalscorer when they signed Liam Delap from Manchester City in the summer of 2024.
The England international scored 12 goals in 37 Premier League appearances for Ipswich in 2024/25 before signing for Chelsea last year.
Ipswich and Coventry want to sign the Premier League striker
Delap was an excellent signing for the Blues as he scored just eight goals in 31 Championship games on loan from Hull City last season, but they see that he has the potential to thrive at the highest level.
Now, the club are reportedly looking for a player who can follow in Delap’s footsteps to shine in the Premier League in the 2026/27 campaign.
According to TEAMtalk, Ipswich Town and Coventry City are both among the clubs interested in signing Bournemouth striker Daniel Jebbison in the summer transfer window.
The report claims that both clubs, along with Hull City, are ‘pushing’ for the Canadian international’s signature to bolster their squads for the Premier League season.
It is added, however, that the Cherries are not willing to sign him permanently and that he may be sent out on loan at this stage of the window.
TEAMtalk reports that Middlesbrough, Birmingham City, Norwich City, and Blackburn Rovers are all looking to sign the 22-year-old on loan, meaning it won’t be an easy deal for either club.
Daniel Jebbson could be the next Liam Delap
Ipswich and Coventry could land a gem by winning the race to sign Jebbison this summer, as he could be their version of Delap in the Premier League next term.
Supporters, of any club, can look to his return of six goals and two assists from a loan spell at Preston North End in the Championship and dismiss any chance of him stepping up to the Premier League to score regularly.
However, Delap scored just eight goals on loan at Hull City before moving to Portman Road, while Jebbison is in a similar position to the Englishman at the time, as a young striker still looking to break through.
|
Bravery |
Jebbison (25/26) |
Play (23/24) |
|---|---|---|
|
Appearance |
38 |
31 |
|
Goals |
6 |
8 |
|
Big opportunities are missed |
6 |
6 |
|
Great opportunities have been created |
6 |
4 |
|
It helps |
2 |
2 |
|
Lost possessions per game |
7.3 |
10.0 |
|
Duels won per match |
3.0 |
4.0 |
The Canadian mark’s results in the Championship for Preston are very similar to what Delap produced with the Tigers in the 2023/24 campaign, in terms of his attacking contributions and his physicality.
While that doesn’t automatically mean Jebbison will score 12 Premier League goals for Ipswich or Coventry next season, it does show he shouldn’t be written off as a target.
There have been signs, encouraging signs that he can make it to the top. He scored one goal in five Premier League games for Sheffield United as a teenager and one goal in 105 minutes of top-flight action for Bournemouth.
On top of that, Jebbison scored six goals in six games for the Blades at U18 level and scored nine times in 23 appearances on loan at Burton Albion in the 2021/22 campaign, showing that he can score goals whenever he is confident and flowing.
Therefore, signing the Canadian international, who has been capped seven times by his country, would be a risk worth taking for Ipswich or Coventry this summer, as he could turn out to be the next Delap.
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