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Celtic face pressure to sign £2.5m-rated Preston North End ace, Derby County plot shock striker raid

Preston North End's preparations for the weekend continue behind the scenes, as Alex Neil's side gear up to take on managerless Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon.

The struggling Owls come into the came fresh off the back of a demoralising 2-0 defeat to recently-promoted Coventry City, and are currently six points from safety as the brutal relegation battle continue at the bottom of the table.

Meanwhile, the January transfer window is heading into its final few days, and Preston boss Alex Neil is more than happy with the club's transfer activity thus far.

He told the Lancashire Post: “I don’t think we have had one as productive as this. I know we have signed players in the past but we probably needed to when we lost players like Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson and Greg Cunningham."

“They needed to be replaced but what we have done this time is actively gone and added to the squad without having lost players currently – a lot of players are still in the building.

“I think that puts us in a position of strength in terms of we are the ones dictating the narrative of who we are going for, when they come in, which position they play.”

Here's out latest round-up of all the news and transfer chat involving Preston North End and a number of their divisional rivals: