On-loan Celtic defender Darren O’Dea says he’d like to stay with the Blues beyond the end of his current loan spell which ends in early January. O’Dea’s time with Town has been hampered by a knee injury suffered while he was away on duty with the Republic of Ireland.

O’Dea, whose girlfriend gave birth to the couple’s first child earlier this week, told the club site: "I've not really thought about it too much though. It's down to other people to sort out but I'm certainly enjoying my football here.

"I think my time at Ipswich has helped me improve as a player and we'll have to see what happens over the next few weeks, but it's not important at the moment, all I want to do is help the team get back up the table."

O’Dea is likely to keep his place at left-back at Preston on Saturday having returned to training after suffering a minor hamstring injury during Saturday’s home loss to Swansea.

Photo: ITFC

Story syndicated from TWTD.co.uk

Photo: Action Images

Colchester United Polls