Delap done - which other strikers will be wanted this summer?

The conflict for Liam Delap is implicit - aft the 22-year-old striker moved to Chelsea from Ipswich for £30m.

Conference League winners Chelsea bushed the likes of Manchester United, Newcastle and Everton to Delap's signature to go the archetypal Premier League nine to motion a high-profile striker this summer.

But with the clubs that missed retired connected Delap - positive Arsenal and Liverpool - among those keen for other firepower, the contention to adhd those all-important other goals continues.

The archetypal portion of the summertime transportation model closes connected 10 June and reopens connected 16 June - with sides having until 1 September to bolster their squads.

So which different strikers volition the large sides beryllium looking at? We person focused connected 10 forwards who volition beryllium successful request implicit the adjacent fewer months.

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 48 Goals: 22 Assists: 12 Minutes per goal: 165.4

French striker Hugo Ekitike, 22, has enjoyed the champion goalscoring play of his career, registering 22 goals and 12 assists for Eintracht Frankfurt to assistance his broadside decorativeness 3rd successful the Bundesliga and gain a Champions League place.

He has represented his state astatine under-21 level and the 6ft 3in (1.91m) frontman has been linked with Chelsea and Liverpool successful caller weeks. Frankfurt person already mislaid 1 guardant to the Premier League this season, with Omar Marmoush joining Manchester City - volition his erstwhile team-mate articulation him successful England?

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 45 Goals: 34 Assists: 6 Minutes per goal: 111.9

Only England skipper Harry Kane scored much Bundesliga goals successful 2024-25 than Borussia Dortmund centre-forward Serhou Guirassy's full of 21.

He besides got 13 goals successful the Champions League (joint apical with Barcelona's Raphinha) and that signifier has enactment the 29-year-old Guinea planetary connected the radar of the apical Premier League clubs.

Guirassy moved to Dortmund for lone £15.4m past summertime and has a reported merchandise clause of 70m euros (£60.1m).

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 52 Goals: 54 Assists: 12 Minutes per goal: 77.8

Former Coventry City striker Viktor Gyokeres has been successful good signifier for Portuguese broadside Sporting this season, scoring an unthinkable 54 goals successful 52 matches.

The 26-year-old has been linked with a determination to Manchester United, which would spot him reunited with erstwhile Sporting brag Ruben Amorim, but his goalscoring grounds is attracting clubs from crossed Europe.

His declaration reportedly has a merchandise clause of 100m euros (£83.1m).

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 46 Goals: 17 Assists: 4 Minutes per goal: 194.1

Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta enjoyed a good play and began 2025 with 8 goals successful his archetypal 9 games of the year.

He ended the run connected 14 Premier League goals, associated 10th successful the charts, and started Palace's 1-0 FA Cup last triumph implicit Manchester City astatine Wembley arsenic the Eagles won their archetypal large trophy.

That triumph took his broadside into adjacent season's Europa League, but volition that beryllium capable to person Mateta to enactment astatine Selhurst Park?

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 42 Goals: 20 Assists: 9 Minutes per goal: 178

While not a recognised cardinal striker, Brentford's Mbeumo has been nary alien to playing that relation for the Bees.

As arsenic adept connected the right, oregon playing much centrally, Mbeumo would supply an enactment successful 2 positions for immoderate imaginable suitor.

Manchester United are known to beryllium funny successful the 25-year-old Cameroon international, with the likes of Arsenal and Newcastle besides linked.

With conscionable a twelvemonth near connected his contract, Brentford brag Thomas Frank has admitted the nine are unfastened to offers for their talisman, contempt wanting to support him astatine the club.

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 41 Goals: 37 Assists: 7 Minutes per goal: 85.8

In 2022-23, Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen helped Napoli triumph their archetypal Italian rubric since 1990, but helium missed their triumph this play arsenic helium had a prolific spell connected indebtedness astatine Turkish broadside Galatasaray.

The 26-year-old has been successful prolific form, and among his goals successful 2024-25 was a treble successful his side's 3-2 Europa League triumph implicit Tottenham successful November.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are among those that person been heavy linked with the player.

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 49 Goals: 28. Assists: 9 Minutes per goal: 112.6

Italy planetary striker Mateo Retegui ended the run arsenic the apical scorer successful Serie A with 25 goals for Atalanta successful 2024-25, six much than immoderate different player.

The 26-year-old has played successful the Champions League for his broadside this season, and his goals person helped them suffice for adjacent season's competition.

Will that beryllium capable for him to enactment with Atalanta? A big of Premier League clubs volition beryllium watching with interest, acceptable to pounce if helium decides to permission Italy.

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 45 Goals: 21 Assists: 6 Minutes per goal: 155.2

Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko has agelong been linked with a determination to the Premier League arsenic helium continues to rapidly physique his estimation astatine RB Leipzig.

The 22-year-old is 6ft 5in (1.96m) and volition not travel inexpensive due to the fact that helium signed a caller "long-term deal" with the German broadside past summer.

At the weekend, Sky successful Germany were reporting that Arsenal had begun talks with RB Leipzig successful an effort to motion Sesko, who has a merchandise clause worthy much than 80m euros (£67.4m).

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 41 Goals: 15 Assists: 5 Minutes per goal: 171.1

Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, whose declaration runs until June 2026, is different large people antheral who has been linked with a determination to the Premier League for a agelong time.

The 25-year-old is 6ft 3in (1.91m) and enjoyed different good play successful Italy with Juventus, who had signed him successful January 2022 - erstwhile Arsenal missed retired connected the forward.

Vlahovic besides scored erstwhile Juventus bushed Manchester City 2-0 successful their Champions League necktie successful December.

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 54 Goals: 17 Assists: 14 Minutes per goal: 210.5

Arsenal made a precocious bid for England striker Ollie Watkins successful the last fewer days of the wintertime transportation window, with Aston Villa refusing the reported £40m offer.

However, Villa's 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Manchester United connected the last time of the Premier League play meant Unai Emery's broadside missed retired connected a lucrative Champions League spot due to the fact that their extremity quality was worse than Newcastle's.

That means Villa volition beryllium successful the Europa League successful 2025-26, truthful volition the Gunners effort again for Watkins and person much occurrence with a summertime bid?

2024-25 stats (all competitions). Appearances: 39 Goals: 20 Assists: 4 Minutes per goal: 153.9

Only 5 players successful the Premier League scored much goals successful 2024-25 than Brentford striker Yoane Wissa, who deed the nett 19 times.

Nottingham Forest and Tottenham were funny successful the DR Congo planetary striker successful the January transportation model and Brentford, who missed retired connected European shot for adjacent season, volition look a conflict to support Wissa and team-mate Mbeumo.