Preston attacking midfielder Josh Harrop is now expected to complete his loan move to the Blues on Tuesday.

TWTD revealed this morning that Harrop was set to travel to Portman Road today to finalise his switch, however, with the salary cap have added to the usual red tape relating to a move, the deal is now expected to be confirmed once the remaining loose ends are tied up tomorrow.

Harrop, who prefers to play as a number 10 but also operates wide on the left, joined Preston in June 2017 having come through the youth system at Manchester United, where he made one Premier League start for the Red Devils in a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace on the final day of 2016/17 and scored the opening goal.

The 25-year-old, who was the player assistant boss Stuart Taylor said the Blues were hoping to sign prior to the Swindon match, has made 39 starts and 55 sub appearances for Preston, scoring 13 times including a number of free-kicks.

However, this season Stockport-born Harrop has made only four starts, one in the Championship, and four appearances from the bench, scoring once. He was left out of the 20-man squad which lost 2-0 at Bristol City at the weekend.

Capped three times by England’s U20s, 5ft 9in tall Harrop signed a new contract at Deepdale which runs to 2023 in August.

At 25, Harrop counts as a senior player in terms of the salary cap with the club having a limit of 22 players aged over 21.

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Razor added 10:21 - Jan 19 Your place on the bench awaits!! Now sell Jackson and get a couple of young hungry forwards in------that would be great news, oh and put Freddie on the train to Colchester!!
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BettyBlue added 10:35 - Jan 19 pintless, he's already crocked
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BettyBlue added 10:41 - Jan 19 rubbish signing, won't play, will be injured if he does, bench warmer at best
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inghamspur added 11:37 - Jan 19 Sounds like a good addition...........if he stays fit
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 14:22 - Jan 19 Think both these possible signings are exciting . Whether u like PL or not we play lots of passing football but lack the killer ball. I'd personally be tempted to give Norwood and Hawkins an extended run together with one or both of these two in the side could see us converting a few more chances.
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runningout added 17:57 - Jan 19 Not sure if Harrop is fit enough by delay. We definitely need more than one addition and soon
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