CORK CITY DEFENDER Kevin O’Connor is expected to follow the lead of team-mate Sean Maguire and sign for Championship side Preston North End.
It’s understood that the former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international has been a target for a while and that boss Simon Grayson will make his move for the full-back in the coming days.
It wouldn’t be the first time that PNE swooped for a pair of League of Ireland team-mates, having brought in Dundalk duo Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle midway through the 2016/2017 campaign.
The 22-year-old’s capture would make it seven Irish players in the first-team dressing room with Greg Cunningham, Eoin Doyle and Alan Browne also part of the setup at Deepdale.
O’Connor is a native of Enniscorthy in Wexford and arrived on Leeside from Waterford United midway through the 2015 season.
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