Boss Roy Keane has confirmed that midfielder Veliche Shumulikoski is in talks with Preston North End, as reported by TWTD on Thursday. The Blues and Lilywhites have agreed a fee in the range of £400,000 for the Macedonian.

Keane told the club site: "We have accepted an offer for Shumi and he has been talking to Preston over the last day or so.

"He is trying to finalise bits and pieces here and it looks as though he may be on his way.

"We will know more over the weekend but if he leaves us, he will go with our best wishes."

Shumulikoski joined the Blues from Turkish side Bursaspor in January 2008 for a fee of £500,000, signing a contract until June 2010. Since then, he has made 33 starts and 10 sub appearances, scoring once.

Keane has also denied that a bid has been made for Watford striker Tamás Priskin: “Not that I'm aware of.”

A report earlier today claimed an offer had been rejected by the Hornets. Keane has also denied a newspaper report yesterday which claimed that former Wigan striker Henri Camara had decided against accepting a deal with the Blues.

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