Luton Town boss Nathan Jones has revealed that contract talks have begun with club captain Sonny Bradley in the wake of fresh transfer interest from Championship rivals Preston North End.
Sun journalist Alan Nixon believes that the Lilywhites are interested in the 29-year-old as Alex Neil looks to bolster his defence due to the long-term achilles injury to Patrick Bauer and the impending exit of Ben Davies, who is out of contract in the summer.
On the face of it, Bradley would look like a potential replacement for Bauer as they are similar statures, but being a left-footer, the former Portsmouth defender would more suit being a replacement for Davies - even though they are very different styles of players.
There seems to be no denial of the interest in local reports from Preston's end, but the Hatters will not want to lose their influential captain - especially for nothing.
Jones doesn't plan on doing that either, and along with all other out of contract Luton players this summer, talks have started with Bradley, although he was reluctant to reveal how far they had gotten.
Despite being 29 years old, the Hatters manager thinks Bradley still has improvement left as a late bloomer and his encouraging words may be a catalyst to him eventually signing a new deal.
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