Four Premier League sides chase down £30m relegated midfield star

Feargal Brennan

Four Premier League sides chase down £30m relegated midfield star image

Relegated Ipswich Town could be in line for another key sale this summer.

Kieran McKenna guided the Tractor Boys back to the Premier League for the first time since 2002 ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.

However, the Northern Irishman was unable to keep his team in the top tier, despite some flashes of promise throughout the season.

Ipswich completed a promoted-relegated trio with Leicester City and Southampton with just four wins recorded by McKenna.

The club are now facing some hard choices over their star players with Liam Delap already moving on to Chelsea in time to fly out for the FIFA Club World Cup.

The next name potentially heading for the Portman Road exit door is England U21 star Omari Hutchinson after a solid first-ever Premier League season.

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Hutchinson opted to complete a permanent move to Ipswich last summer, after netting 10 EFL Championship goals on loan from Chelsea, as part of their promotion push in 2023/24.

A £20m deal to bring him from Stamford Bridge smashed Ipswich's transfer record as a major show of faith in the 21-year-old.

Hutchinson was one of McKenna's top performers in 2024/25, with his transfer value doubling to £40m, with the Daily Mail indicating four Premier League teams are now looking to lure him away from Suffolk.

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Everton could have the slight edge, with David Moyes looking to replace Abdoulaye Doucoure, alongside challenging Manchester United for Leicester playmaker Wilfed Ndidi.

Fulham, Brentford and West Ham United complete the list of teams eyeing Hutchinson and that level of interest could also edge up Ipswich's asking price.

None of the interested parties can offer European football for 2025/26, but Everton have their new stadium as a factor, with Brentford facing uncertainty following Thomas Frank's departure to Tottenham.

No decision is expected until Hutchinson returns from England U21 duty at the UEFA European Championships in July - with three starts from four games so far - as Lee Carsley's side aim to retain their title from 2023.

Feargal Brennan

Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta's 'Reds' and Kenny's Ireland 'Greens' and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.