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NEIL: DON’T SELL HUGILL AND LILYWHITES CAN PUSH HIGHER

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The LeaguePaper Team
27 August 2017

Preston look up as Boro are held

By Chris Dunlavy
CHAMPIONSHIP
Star Game

PRESTON boss Alex Neil has warned his paymasters not to ruin a promising start to the season by flogging star striker Jordan Hugill.
A dominant draw at big boys Middlesbrough left the Lilywhites seventh in the Championship with four clean sheets in five games.
And while he refused to comment on reports that Reading have lodged an £8m bid for the hulking 25-year-old, Neil sent a crystal clear message to his board.
“It’s not as if anybody’s got a gun to our heads,” said the Scot. &ldqu...

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