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BBC News
5 hours ago
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Preston sign Bournemouth striker Jebbison on loan
Preston North End have signed Bournemouth striker Daniel Jebbison on a season-long loan 21-year-old will join up with the Championship side on 7 July after representing Canada in the ongoing Gold started his career with Sheffield United, where he worked with Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom, before joining the Cherries in July spent the first half of last season in the second tier on loan at Watford, making 13 appearances."He's someone I always pushed to keep improving during our time together," Heckingbottom told the club website., external "I've always believed in his ability and his potential."
BBC News
4 days ago
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'Revolution not evolution' for Preston
Preston North End chairman Craig Hemmings has reiterated the club's intention to significantly overhaul the playing squad during this summer transfer Lilywhites lost 10 players at the end of the season, with six released upon expiration of their contracts, including Emil Riis, Freddie Woodman and Ryan loanees Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Jayden Meghoma, Ryan Porteous and Sam Greenwood all returned to their parent executive Peter Ridsdale previously said Preston would likely need at least eight club have already made four, with goalkeeper Daniel Iverson, defenders Pol Valentin and Thierry Small and midfielder Jordan Thompson has suggested more players will be brought in between now and the start of the Championship campaign in August."This transfer window more than any other in my tenure as chairman is about revolution and not evolution," Hemmings told the club website, external."Paul Heckingbottom and his coaching staff have a significant opportunity to reshape the football squad into the team and style of play they believe needed to compete for the play-off places."Plans have long been made and player targets identified for the summer transfer window."We believe our scouting infrastructure, analytics focus, and efficient decision-making processes will enable us to move quickly to land some hidden gems, both from the UK and internationally."
BBC News
12-06-2025
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🎧 Is Wilder's future as Blades boss in doubt?
A meeting has reportedly been scheduled by Sheffield United to determine the future of manager Chris Blades amassed 90 points in the Championship in the 2024-25 season but missed out on automatic promotion to the Premier League to Leeds and Burnley, who both hit the 100-point United reached the play-off final at Wembley but gave up a first-half lead to lose 2-1 to is 18 months into his second stint with the club since replacing Paul Heckingbottom as boss in December 2023, having managed United for five years between 2016 and speculation that Wilder might be sacked, BBC Radio Sheffield sports reporters Rob Staton and Andy Giddings have been discussing the latest from Bramall to their thoughts on the situation on BBC Sounds here.
BBC News
11-06-2025
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Could Porteous return to Easter Road?
Two-and-a-half years after leaving his boyhood club for the English Championship, could Ryan Porteous return to Hibernian?Recent reports have suggested that the Easter Road club are plotting a move for their former defender who has fallen out of favour down Scotland centre-half moved to Watford in January 2023 for a fee worth around £450,000 and made 82 appearances for the Hornets before moving to fellow second-tier side Preston North End for the second half of the season gone up with former Hibee boss, Paul Heckingbottom, the 26-year-old made 11 appearances for The Lilywhites as they secured their Championship he sat on the bench for their final four Hibs Academy graduate made the move in the hope it would catch the eye of Scotland head coach Steve hadn't featured for the national team since being sent off in the Euro 2024 opener against Germany, until he appeared for the final minute in Scotland's 1-0 win away to Greece in World Cup qualifying kicking off in September, the 13-cap defender will be keen to work his way back into the international set-up after being omitted from the squad for the June spent the end of last season on loan, a starting berth at Watford appears unlikely for Porteous, while Hibs may be in the market for a centre-back if a deal cannot be struck with Rocky Bushiri, who is League qualifying will come round quickly for the Hibees, and it'd be safe to imagine Porteous would want his future sorted sooner rather than the stars aligning for a reunion? Let us know what you think of the links to Porteous' signature and how you'd feel about a possible return here.
BBC News
06-06-2025
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Preston sign Charlton's Small on four-year deal
Preston North End have signed defender Thierry Small from Charlton Athletic on a four-year 20-year-old joins after the two clubs agreed compensation ahead of the end of his contract later this moves to Deepdale off the back of winning promotion with the Addicks to the Championship through last season's League One signing for Preston, Thierry told the club website:, external "I'm over the moon. It's an exciting time, a big part of my career now, and I just can't wait to get started."Speaking with the manager here, I feel like this was the next step for me to take. For me, it's just to keep on learning, keep on developing and I feel like Preston's the best club for me to do that whilst helping the team and hopefully achieving some success."After coming through Everton's youth set-up, Small made his Toffees debut in the FA Cup as a 16-year-old and went on to join there he had spells on loan at Port Vale and St Mirren before joining Charlton in 2024 where he made 62 appearances for the club."Thierry's someone we were really keen to bring in and I think he's matched our enthusiasm by making the decision to sign," boss Paul Heckingbottom said."He wants to come here to work hard and keep improving his game. He's a player with real pace and power, who loves to get at his man one-v-one and get crosses into the box. I'm looking forward to seeing him in a PNE shirt."
