Nottingham Forest told "ridiculous" offer only route to Ipswich Town transfer agreement | OneFootball

The 25-year-old has been rumoured with a move away from Ipswich Town this summer.

This article is part of Football League World's 'Terrace Talk' series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Ipswich Town defender Leif Davis has been the subject of much transfer speculation this summer.

According to a joint-exclusive report by Ben Jacobs and Alex Crook, Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest are preparing a bid for the 25-year-old in the latter stages of the window.

Mike McGrath previously reported that Ipswich had received an offer from the top-flight for Davis, which they subsequently rejected.

If Forest do lodge a substantial bid for the defender, the Tractor Boys may be forced into a sale, which would leave Kieran McKenna with little time to recruit a replacement.

Ipswich Town told to maintain firm Leif Davis transfer stance

Football League World's Ipswich Town fan pundit, Adam Wilkin, hopes that the Suffolk outfit do whatever they can to keep Davis at Portman Road this summer.

“I'm not actually sure what our valuation of Leif Davis will be,” stated Adam.

“Whether it's simply that he's not for sale or whether he's for sale at a ridiculous price. I think he's got such a unique profile in our team that he's probably been earmarked as one of the players that we won't accept anything for unless it's a ridiculous offer.

“If you were to replace him, you'd probably have been looking to do it earlier in the window when more options were available. I don’t think there would be that many options.

“There definitely aren’t any options in house, with Conor Townsend injured, that provide a similar kind of backup to the role that he plays, let alone as a starting left-back. You could say that if he were to go, we could flip our system and have a right-sided wing-back.

“Jacob Greaves could play the more hybrid left-back/left centre-back role, which would probably be a short-term fix, which might also free up Jack Clarke to hold his position wide on the left.

“I don't know if you'd look for an out-and-out replacement or whether you'd look to address other problems within the current squad. Leif’s profile is incredibly hard to replace, but I can't see him moving on.

"The club doesn’t seem to want to entertain that many offers, and he seems quite happy with that situation at the moment.

“If we didn’t go up this year, maybe that would change. But for now, I think he's comfortable and happy at Ipswich Town.”

Ipswich Town need to make quick Leif Davis decision

With time rapidly running out in the transfer market, Ipswich Town can’t waste a moment stalling over Davis’ future.

If they are willing to sell the 25-year-old, they must inform interested parties of their asking price and set a deadline for any potential move.

If not, they risk losing one of their key assets with no time to bring in a replacement.

This could spell doom for their promotion hopes, and therefore must take appropriate action whilst they can.