{"id":445506,"date":"2011-06-22T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/sunderland-make-8m-bid-for-in-demand-ipswich-starlet-connor-wickham-report\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T08:12:00","slug":"sunderland-make-8m-bid-for-in-demand-ipswich-starlet-connor-wickham-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sunderland-make-8m-bid-for-in-demand-ipswich-starlet-connor-wickham-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland make \u00a38m bid for in-demand Ipswich starlet Connor Wickham &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>22 Jun 2011 09:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.25250501\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Wickham\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/134000\/134034_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Connor Wickham<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"36.3264826776\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> have bid \u00a38 million for in-demand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/708\/ipswich-town\">Ipswich Town<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/48598\/connor-wickham\">Connor Wickham<\/a>, according to <em>the Daily Mirror.<br \/><\/em><br \/>Wickham had an impressive season for the Tractor Boys last season and it appears that Sunderland are ready to splash some of the cash earned from the sales of Darren Bent to Aston Villa in January and more recently Jordan Henderson to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is only 18, Wickham played with no fear last season and with his 6ft 3in frame, had little problems coping with the physical side of the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich may have already accepted that they will lose Wickham this summer and have already brought in experienced second tier strikers Michael Chopra and Nathan Ellington.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the \u00a38m offer could rise to over \u00a310m once Wickham has clocked up a certain number of Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n<p>With this summer being Paul Jewell\u2019s first as Ipswich manager to shape the squad to his requirements, the money gained from the sale of a player such as Wickham could be used to strengthen the squad further.<\/p>\n<p>Wickham was voted the Young Player of the Year in the Championship last season.<\/p>\n<p>He made his Ipswich debut at the age of just 16 years and 11 days in the 3-1 home defeat to Doncaster Rovers and since then has gone on to gain international honours in the England U-19 and U-21 teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal.com<\/strong> revealed last week that the Tractor Boys would be willing to sell the starlet, but only if an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/14\/2531437\/ipswich-prepared-to-sell-arsenal-liverpool-target-connor-wickham-\">offer matched their \u00a312m valuation<\/a>, with the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool strongly interested.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland have also been strongly linked with a move for former Birmingham City winger Seb Larsson.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/22\/2542654\/sunderland-make-8m-bid-for-in-demand-ipswich-starlet-connor\" title=\"Sunderland make \u00a38m bid for in-demand Ipswich starlet Connor Wickham - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland make \u00a38m bid for in-demand Ipswich starlet Connor Wickham &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 Jun 2011 09:12:00 Connor Wickham Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Sunderland have bid \u00a38 million for in-demand Ipswich Town striker Connor Wickham , according to the Daily Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunderland make \u00a38m bid for in-demand Ipswich starlet Connor Wickham - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sunderland-make-8m-bid-for-in-demand-ipswich-starlet-connor-wickham-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sunderland make \u00a38m bid for in-demand Ipswich starlet Connor Wickham - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"22 Jun 2011 09:12:00 Connor Wickham Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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