Update emerges on Preston North End’s potential transfer pursuit of Aston Villa man

Preston North End boss Ryan Lowe has confirmed Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard will want to have a closer look at current loanee Cameron Archer before assessing his future, speaking to Lancs Live.

The 20-year-old has already made a considerable impact during his short time at Deepdale, first arriving from Villa back in January despite Gerrard reported to have been previously keen on keeping hold of him.

Archer featured in numerous matchday squads for the Premier League side prior to his temporary move to Lancashire and even scored a hat-trick against Barrow in the Carabao Cup earlier in the season.

That superb performance wasn’t enough to guarantee him regular games in the first team though and with that, has been allowed to thrive at Deepdale, scoring five goals in 11 Championship appearances.

Performing extremely well alongside fellow forward Emil Riis who has been a different player this season, their displays have helped the Lilywhites to go unbeaten in all but two of their league games in 2022 thus far, with Archer only being at the club for one of those.

Even in that loss against Reading, he managed to get himself on the scoresheet and gave the hosts a real lifeline, but he won’t be re-joining the second-tier side in the early stages of the summer transfer window if manager Lowe’s comments are anything to go by.

The 43-year-old said: “Cam has only just come and Stevie (Gerrard) will want to have a look at him in pre-season – they are their players.

“Ultimately, I would’ve thought that, because of the way they’ve (loan clubs) been with us, if they (current loan players) were available again, we’d take them in a heartbeat.”

The Verdict:

It would be a shame for Preston if they weren’t able to recruit him on an