Dai Cornell signs new Preston contract

✍️ We're delighted to confirm Dai Cornell has signed a new deal which will keep him at Deepdale until at least 2026. 🤍#pnefc

— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) January 18, 2024

"I'm really happy and really grateful for the opportunity to extend my stay here, and fingers crossed we have some successful times," he told the club website.

"As a club within that dressing room and even in this [office] part of the building I think everyone wants to achieve the same thing and that is getting to the Premier League.

"I think the club's ready to do it. It's just us as a playing staff and management taking that next step to push to get us there."

Manager Ryan Lowe added: "Dai's been a credit to himself and the football club ever since he came in, and he really deserves this new deal.

"We brought him in to challenge Freddie [Woodman] and he's absolutely done that. Every day they're pushing each other to the limit working with Mike Pollitt and James Pradic, and that's what we want.

"He's a great character around the training ground too and a top, top professional, so I'm really pleased he's signed on for another couple of years."