Derry Scherhant profiled as Preston North End linked with Hertha Berlin striker
Derry Scherhant is one striker being linked with Preston North End, as the Lilywhites consider alternatives to Tom Cannon.
The Everton striker is PNE’s number one target, with manager Ryan Lowe keen to re-unite with the forward on loan after last season’s successful spell. But, with ten days left in the window, North End are having to look elsewhere in case a move for Cannon does not happen.
Football Insider suggest that Preston – along with Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park Rangers – are eyeing Scherhant on loan. It is claimed that Burnley also enquired about the player’s availability earlier this summer.
The 20-year-old made 10 appearances for Hertha Berlin last season in the Bundesliga, but he has predominantly featured for the club’s second team: Hertha BSC II. Scherhant has scored three goals this season, having netted eight last term and 16 in the campaign before that.
Hertha’s second team are bottom of 2. Bundesliga, having lost all three games so far this season. The striker is under contract until 2027 with the German side, whom he signed for in 2020 from Berliner SC. The Berlin-born forward was linked with Newcastle United back in June.
North End have already explored the European market this summer, with Mads Frokjaer brought in from Danish side Odense BK. And PNE boss Ryan Lowe said last week that PNE are highly likely to loan someone in, as opposed to sign permanently.
“If there is someone out there who we feel we can purchase at the right price and who fits the bill, then we’ll have a look at it,” he said. “If not, it’ll be a loan. The likelihood of it being a loan is very high, because of the financial implications you have. But if something comes up or someone is available on a free we’ll have a look at it, definitely.
“The good thing is the European market is out there and available for us, which we’ve dipped into with Mads. There are one or two irons in the fire where we can potentially look at that. What we don’t want to do is leave ourselves short, but we’ll wait for the right one. If the right one doesn’t become available then we’ll slowly but surely move on to one who can fit the bill.”
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Every now and then a name comes out of absolutely nowhere and ends up being linked with a move to PNE.
Last summer it was Borussia Dortmund defender Antonios Papadopoulos and come January it was former Barcelona winger Konrad De La Fuente.
We already one shock rumour this summer with Ferencvaros striker Ryan Mmaee linked before joining Stoke City.
Now it’s Santos Laguna defender Felix Torres being strangely linked with a move to Deepdale.
Let’s start with the most important question – who is Felix Torres?
The 26-year-old featured in his native Ecuador with LDU Portoviejo and Barcelona SC before heading to Mexico with Santos Laguna in 2019.
A 6ft 2in centre back, Torres has played more than 100 times for Santos Laguna and racked up 20 caps for Ecuador.
Torres featured at the World Cup in Qatar as he featured in all three of Ecuador’s group stage game.
North End fans spotted Ecuadorian website Imperio Futbol EC reporting that PNE were pushing to sign Torres.
That caused more than a few raised eyebrows; Torres leaving Santos Laguna for North End sounds random enough but PNE really don’t need another right-footed centre back anyway.
We dig some digging and found that the rumour actually started from Twitter account Mercado Futbol EC, which is a fairly unreliable source to say the least.
They have recently reported that Dundee were targeting a deal for Ecuadorian international Jhegson Mendez, a player who left LAFC for Sao Paulo.
These rumours are just nonsense and we can fairly confidently suggest that the Felix Torres are a work of fiction rather than anything North End fans should take seriously.
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