JOHN CAULFIELD has confirmed Cork City are in negotiations with Burton Albion about keeping Ryan Delaney at Turner’s Cross.

SunSport revealed on Wednesday morning that Delaney – who has a year to run on his Burton contract – was in line to join City on a permanent basis after he impressed on loan.

1 Ryan Delaney could be set to make his loan switch to Cork City permanent Credit: Sportsfile

Caulfield said: “We’re talking, it’s progressing. In modern football things don’t get sorted in one phone call unfortunately.

“I’d be hopeful in the next two weeks that situation would be resolved one way or the other.”

It was thought that City would seek to extend the player’s loan until the end of the SSE AIritricity League.

But Burton are keen on a permanent switch and will look to recoup as much as they can of the €20,000 they paid Wexford Youths for the defender last summer.