“Bit jealous” – Preston North End told to avoid repeat of Liam Millar mistake next summer.
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Preston North End had one of the quieter summer transfer windows in the Championship, with the Lilywhites bringing in just five players to bolster their options ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
The Lancashire side have also had to deal with the upheaval in the dugout during the early stages of the season, with Ryan Lowe departing Deepdale after just 90 minutes of football being played.
Paul Heckingbottom has since come in to try and steady the ship, with nine points from as many games seeing an upturn in results, with just one defeat in their last five heading into the International break.
But if the fanbase could have one thing to say to their owners, what would it be? We posed that question to Football League World’s North End fan pundit Darren Watson, and this is what he had to say.
Preston North End told that they need to learn from Liam Millar fiasco
North End utilised the loan market last season to bring in Liam Millar from FC Basel, with the Canadian wide man causing havoc on the left-hand side for the Lilywhites throughout the campaign.
With ten goal contributions from his 35 matches with the club, there looked every chance that the former Liverpool man could return to the club on a permanent deal this summer, only for Hull City to win the race for his signature – Millar making it very clear that he did not see himself as a wing-back like Lowe did last season.
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Rovers were the frontrunners in making sure Preston’s Milutin Osmajic recieved a heft ban, following the news of the striker’s eight match punishment.
The 25-year-old has since gone on to shine for the Tigers in the Championship this season, with one goal and two assists to his name at this point in the season.
To see one of their former stars turning out for the East Riding of Yorkshire outfit has been hard to take for Watson, who doesn’t want to see a similar scenario anytime soon, especially with Kaine Kesler-Hayden impressing already on loan from Aston Villa.
Watson told Football League World: “If I had one demand for our club’s current owner, it would be to go out and buy the loan players that do well at our club.
“Obviously, last season we saw Liam Millar do absolutely brilliant at Preston North End, but obviously didn’t like playing in that left wing-back position that previous manager Ryan Lowe wanted.
