Birmingham City are closing in on the signing of former Preston North End transfer target Marc Leonard, it has been confirmed.
Leonard for the last 18 months has been strongly linked with a move to Deepdale, but a move this summer wasn’t expected to materialise. In June, the LEP reported that talks did take place over a possible deal, but wages were a sticking point, and as a result a deal could not be agreed.
Fabrizio Romano claims that the deal is worth £500,000 plus add-ons, so it appears that the 22-year-old will stay in League One. Despite being connected to a number of Championship teams, including Cardiff City, Coventry City, Oxford United, Swansea City, Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle, and Sheffield United, Leonard is now almost certain to stay in League One.
“That one is pretty close,” Davies admitted to our friends at ham-city/chris-davies-confirms-birmingham-city-signing-marc-leonard-brighton-blow-coventry-city-4715964 in a post-match press conference on Wednesday (July 24).
“We need more players, but that will be our eighth signing of the transfer window. It’s a huge volume of players already.” It’s critical that the games we play have depth; there may be as many as sixty games.
That player is also quite good. The character is the first thing to consider: are they dependable and compatible with that culture? Does he possess adequate physicality and skill when playing the ball? He meets every requirement. He meets the description of someone who is rising in age and is eager to get better.”
Blues, who have already made significant squad additions this summer—all of their new additions arrived for transfer fees—are receiving a player who won numerous prizes on Northampton Town’s end-of-season celebration. In his only League One season with the Cobblers, Leonard recorded five goals and six assists.
