Exclusive: Preston North End agree deal to re-sign Daniel Iversen on permanent basis | OneFootball

The towering Dane looks set to return to Deepdale after a successful loan stint three years ago

Preston North End have agreed a deal in principle to re-sign Leicester City goalkeeper Daniel Iversen this summer on a permanent basis, sources have exclusively informed Football League World.

The Lilywhites were dragged into Championship relegation danger late on in the 2024-25 season, but a 2-2 draw away at Bristol City on the final day of the campaign, coupled with Luton Town's 5-3 defeat at West Brom and Hull's 1-1 scoreline at Portsmouth, saw Paul Heckingbottom's men survive dramatically.

Now, plans can get underway for somewhat of a rebuild at Deepdale to make sure such a scare doesn't occur in 2025-26, and a familiar face looks set to return to Lancashire.

Preston North End agree deal to sign Daniel Iversen from Leicester City

FLW exclusively revealed back in February that Preston North End were eyeing up a return for Iversen this summer, some three years after his one-and-a-half season loan stint with the Lilywhites ended.

And it appears that Heckingbottom and co have moved quickly to convince the 27-year-old to make the move on a full-time basis, with the Dane's Leicester City contract set to expire next month.

Signed originally by Alex Neil in the 2021 January transfer window as a replacement for Declan Rudd, Iversen impressed greatly at PNE, winning the 2021-22 Player of the Season award for the club under the management of Frankie McAvoy and Ryan Lowe, keeping 13 Championship clean sheets that year.

Returning to Leicester for the 2022-23 season, Iversen was second in-command to Danny Ward for much of the campaign before featuring in their final 12 Premier League matches of their relegation campaign, but he returned to being out of favour the following year under Enzo Maresca, and eventually joined Stoke City in the second half of 2023-24 on loan.

And after sitting on the sidelines once more for a whole year, Iversen will now move on from the King Power Stadium at the end of his contract and return to familiar surroundings, with North End landing an experienced Championship stopper on a free transfer.

Iversen's imminent return to Deepdale will co-incide with the expected departure of Freddie Woodman from Deepdale in somewhat of a full circle moment.

Signed as Iversen's replacement from Newcastle United in 2022, Woodman has spent three years at North End, winning Player of the Season in his debut campaign, but 2024-25 has been littered with some high-profile mistakes.

Woodman ended the season on the sidelines after picking up a training ground injury in March, and there are strong suggestions that he could be heading to Man United on a free transfer.