Moyes admits the Blues face a battle to land stiker Delap

Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap is a summer target for a number of clubs, including Everton

- By CHRIS BEESLEY

DAVID MOYES has confirmed that Liam Delap has held transfer talks with Everton but the Blues boss admits that the club could face a battle to land the in-demand Ipswich Town striker.

Ahead of Ipswich Town's game with Everton earlier this month in Goodison Park’s penultimate Premier League fixture, Moyes said of the 22-year-old: “He would be one who we would certainly have an interest in... we would cer-tainly be interested if he was interested in us. That's for sure.”

Despite a subsequently spiky performance against the Blues, with many home fans calling for him to be sent off after he sent Jarrad Branthwaite flying with a wild challenge just moments after he and Jake O’Brien were both booked for clashing by the corner flag, supporters got Delap, who has netted a dozen goals for the division’s third bottom side, to ‘sign up’ as he crossed the road from the Main Stand reception to enter the house at 37 Goodison Road and add his signature to the many others that adorn the wall in the hallway.