Man City get FFP transfer blow after club admit academy signing is in balance
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City have made a useful habit of selling homegrown players for millions of pounds and this summer could be no exception.
Among those players who could be sold for profit – which would register as pure profit on City's Financial Fair Play accounts – is striker Liam Delap, who has experienced a series of mixed loan moves in recent seasons.
Delap finally found his feet at Hull this season just gone, scoring eight times in the Championship either side of a frustrating injury setback around the turn of the New Year.
He proved a popular signing at the KCOM Stadium, with the Tigers keen to keep him next season in some capacity. ALSO READ: Richard Masters and Javier Tebas could stop Man City playing in Club World Cup ALSO READ: Kompany linked with Man City raid for first Bayern Munich transfer after Guardiola blessing Hull vice-chairman Tan Kesler has confirmed that his side are in talks with City over keeping Delap next season. "The chairman wants him so badly," he told Hull Live. "If we didn't have Financial Fair Play and EFL regulations he [Chairman Acun Ilicali] would have literally invested in him and tried to buy him.
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