Five relegated players Premier League teams should sign | OneFootball

There will be no dramatic survival battle this season with the weekend’s Premier League action confirming Ipswich and Leicester’s relegation from the top flight.

The duo join Southampton in heading instantly back to the second tier, the second successive season that all three promoted teams have gone straight back down. After a largely miserable campaign, the trio are on course for the lowest combined points total from the relegated sides.

While Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton have all looked out of their depth as a collective, there are several players who have proven themselves capable of performing in the Premier League.

We’ve looked at five relegated players that Premier League clubs should sign this summer.

Five relegated players Premier League teams should sign

Liam Delap (Ipswich)

Ipswich’s relegation from the Premier League means that Liam Delap is available to sign for £30m this summer. Delap will not be short of suitors and a relegation release clause in the forward’s contract should facilitate a move back to the Premier League.

Signed from Manchester City last summer after several Football League loan spells, Delap’s first full season in the top flight has been hugely impressive. The 22-year-old has scored 12 league goals in a struggling side and was linked with a maiden England call-up in March. Delap is an old-school centre-forward who is not afraid to ruffle feathers, while he combines a broad frame with powerful running and deceptively nimble feet.

Chelsea and Manchester United have already been heavily linked with a player whose England recognition can not be far away. In a summer where several sides are searching for a centre-forward, Delap looks like real value.

Mads Hermansen (Leicester)

Leicester’s relegation from the Premier League will lead to mass exits and Mads Hermansen looks likely to leave. The Danish goalkeeper has had an impressive individual season despite Leicester’s miserable return to the top tier.

At 24, he’s a goalkeeper whose ceiling has not yet been reached and a player of real potential. Hermansen was badly exposed by a leaky Leicester defence all season, but defiantly mixed top-class shot-stopping with impressive distribution.

In March, he became the first goalkeeper to save a Premier League penalty from Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, ending the latter’s perfect 12/12 record.

Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton)

Another goalkeeper who looks unlikely to spend next season in the Championship. Southampton’s signing of Aaron Ramsdale was considered a coup last summer, as the newly-promoted Saints snapped up the England international from Arsenal.

Ramsdale admitted after relegation that Southampton found their top-flight return tougher than expected. The 26-year-old has found himself as the last line of defence for a side yet to eclipse the Premier League’s lowest-ever points total.

Ramsdale is a far better goalkeeper than his three Premier League relegations suggest. West Ham have already been linked with triggering his £25m release clause.

Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester)

Arsenal are understood to have tracked the progress of Bilal El Khannouss this season with the Leicester midfielder having gone somewhat under the radar. Signed from Genk last summer, the Moroccan has shown flashes of real quality.

Creative and hard-working, El Khannouss has the hallmarks of a top talent. A season of Championship football could benefit the 20-year-old, but Leicester will expect to field offers for his services. With a ‘reasonable release clause’ revealed in his contract, the Foxes face a fight to hang onto him.

Tyler Dibling (Southampton)

Tyler Dibling’s emergence has been a positive in an otherwise sorry season for Southampton.

A product of the club’s successful academy, Dibling’s potential has been one of Southampton’s worst-kept secrets. The 19-year-old’s first season in the first team has delivered four goals and two assists across all competitions.

An evasive dribbler with a sweet left foot, Southampton sought to dissuade suitors with a reported £100m price tag earlier in the campaign. Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have all been named as interested parties.

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