Manchester United used to set the benchmark for great strikers. Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Eric Cantona, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Robin van Persie -- it's a long list of formidable goal scorers, but one that is now a fading memory obscured by a succession of expensive misfits who have tried and failed to join that elite list in recent years.
At 22, it would be a big challenge for Liam Delap to prove himself a worthy successor to some of Old Trafford's most iconic centre-forwards, but the Ipswich Town striker is the club's favoured summer target because he has the potential to do so.