I reckon we're one of the clubs after Dave Nugent?

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Two clubs in for Preston's Nugent </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Nugent joined Preston from Bury in January 2005</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Championship side Preston North End have given two clubs permission to speak to striker David Nugent.

The 22-year-old has just returned from playing for England in the Under-21 European Championships in Holland. </p>

&quot;We are respecting the request of the two clubs not to state who they are at this stage,&quot; Preston chairman Derek Shaw told the club's website. </p>

One is believed to be Sunderland, while West Ham and Everton have been linked with the &pound;7m-rated striker. </p>

Shaw added: &quot;It is now down to David Nugent and his representitive to talk to the two clubs.&quot; </p>

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Nugent joined Preston from Bury in January 2005 for a fee believed to be in the region of &pound;100,000. </p>

The Liverpool-born forward has made 94 Championship appearances for Preston, scoring 33 goals. </p>

Sheffield United tried to buy him in the January 2007 transfer window but North End rejected the offer. </p>

But the striker made it clear last season that he saw his future in the Premiership. </p>

&quot;I want to be playing in the Premiership week in, week out, that's where I need to be,&quot; he said. </p>

&quot;I want it to be with Preston, but if not, it'll have to be somewhere else.&quot; </p>

Preston finished seventh in last season's Championship, missing out on a place in the play-offs. </p>

Nugent is an Everton fan and has previously said: &quot;My hero was Duncan Ferguson and, hopefully, I will play for them in my career and I'm confident I will do.&quot; </p>

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He made his full England debut in the win over Andorra in March, scoring in the final minute of the game. </p>

The cap was the first by a Preston player since Sir Tom Finney and he became England's first outfield player from outside the top-flight since Michael Gray in 1999. </p>



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yep nardi's replacement

 

Souness rates the lad.... nt