Opinion: Why Preston North End should go all-out to sign 24-year-old if takeover happens

It’s been a rather eventful season to be a Preston North End fan this campaign, with the club changing manager, looking impressive and now potentially having change at the top too.

After years of ownership led by the Hemmings family with Trevor Hemmings at the forefront, his unfortunate passing led to his son Craig taking over at Deepdale. However, there have been rumblings in recent weeks that Chris Kirchner fancies taking over with the Lilywhites and a report from LancsLive claims talks are ongoing and are going ‘positively.’

A deal remains some way off – which is no surprise considering the amount of effort that goes into a takeover – and an agreement could still yet collapse. If it does go through though, then it could lead to a lot more funds becoming available for the Lilywhites.

While that also isn’t clear yet – North End will surely only know how much money Kirchner has and how much he is willing to spend if and when he does become owner – there is a hope it could lead to more spending.

Obviously, that shouldn’t mean spending silly amounts of money and doing more harm than good. At the end of the day, most PNE fans will be happy just as long as he backs them, keeps them well-funded and ticking along as Hemmings has and then potentially splashes the cash when needed.

However, if there is an initial surplus of funds from Kirchner, then one name that the side should target more than any other if a deal goes through is Daniel Iversen.

He is one of just three loan stars currently at Deepdale that have impressed and, in an ideal world, Preston would keep all three. If you can only keep hold of one though, then it should be the shot-stopper.

Yes, the goals of Cameron Archer have been superb and he is quite clearly a