George Burley will have to quadruple Richard Wright's salary to tempt him to sign a new contract with Ipswich.

Wright's agent, Jonathan Barnett, sat down with Burley on Friday and told him he will need to fork out £20,000-a-week to keep the £6m-rated England keeper.

That's way out of Ipswich's league and Burley will have to consider cashing in now if they can't agree a new deal.

Wright, away with England's Euro 2000 squad, has one year left on his contract and could walk away at the end of it.

If he moves to Europe, Ipswich cannot demand any cash, but if he stays in England then a reduced transfer has to be paid.

Barnett revealed: "The offer from Ipswich Town is not acceptable and they are falling way short on the financial side of things. Richard's only 22 and is tempted to see out the remaining year of his contract and review his options at the end of it.

"He is one of the most highly-rated players in the country and he wants what his talents deserve. Richard wants to play European football and wants to see how much ambition Ipswich have by the type of players they are signing this summer.

"He also has to dislodge David Seaman and Nigel Martyn from the England set-up and he has to look over his shoulder at the likes of Nicky Weaver.

"One thing's for sure, Richard will never play Nationwide League football again."

It's understood Wright is so desperate to play European football he is prepared to move abroad to achieve his ambition.

He will sit down with England coach Kevin Keegan before Euro 2000 is over to discuss whether playing abroad will harm his international aspirations. But it's unlikely to affect Keegan's thinking.

He had a successful spell at Hamburg in the late 1970s and combined that with his England career.

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