Ipswich Town and Southampton have enquired about 23-year-old English and Irish defender CJ Egan-Riley, who is expected to leave Marseille this summer after joining on a free transfer from Burnley last year. His time at the French club has been described as having turned into a fiasco. Egan-Riley has struggled for game time, and with Marseille needing to make sales and the player wanting to play, a departure is considered almost certain. Any potential deal is expected to be a low-cost one, which would suit the interested parties and allow Marseille to get a fee for a player they did not pay for. West Ham were also interested in the defender last summer, but the Ligue 1 side signed him. His contract with the French club runs until 2029 and he has a current market value of €10.00m according to Transfermarkt. The defender has also been capped three times by England at U21 level.