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Potters duo join Preston

Image: Pugh: Second spell with Lilywhites

Stoke duo Danny Pugh and Michael Tonge have joined Preston on one-month loan deals.

Tonge and Pugh head to Deepdale on loan

Stoke duo Danny Pugh and Michael Tonge have joined Preston on one-month loan deals. The pair have found first-team opportunities hard to come by with the Potters this term, making just seven appearances between them. It has been decided that they would be better served taking in a spell elsewhere, giving them an opportunity to work on their match sharpness. Winger Pugh has plenty of prior experience of life in the Football League, having taken in a spell at Leeds and a two-year stint with Preston earlier in his career. Midfield ace Tonge is also no stranger to the Championship, as he made a name for himself during seven successful years at Sheffield United and has also spent a previous spell on loan with the Lilywhites. Both men are expected to go straight into Preston's squad for their away date at high-flying Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. They will then remain at Deepdale until Darren Ferguson's side face Watford at Vicarage Road on 18th December.

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