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The Sun
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘Good way to find out' – Championship star sees he's been released on INSTAGRAM before sending snide message to club
KIAN BEST took a swipe at Preston North End after apparently finding out he was released by his boyhood club via Instagram. Best, 19, spent his entire career at Preston as he joined the Championship outfit's academy at a very young age and signed a scholarship deal in 2021 before going pro two years later. 2 2 Despite a promising start, the left-back found opportunities hard to come by at Deepdale and was ultimately loaned out to Bohemians in the League of Ireland Premier Division in January. That spelled the end of his long stint with the Lilywhites, who announced the ex- England Under-19 international's release on Saturday. Preston issued a post on social media, along with a slideshow of players who are set to leave. 'We'd like to wish the players leaving us this summer the very best of luck for the future." It included an image of Best with the following caption: 'Thank you Besty'. The full-back then immediately took to social media where he shared a screenshot of Preston 's announcement and suggested he wasn't informed about his release before the attached post was published. Best issued the following story: 'Good way to find out through Instagram.' The youngster appears to have since deleted his post on social media. SunSport have approached Preston for comment. Best's contract was due to expire at the end of the season and the player reportedly held no discussions with the club over an extension. Preston also announced the release of Freddie Woodman, Emil Riis, Ryan Ledson and Patrick Bauer. Kian Taylor was also included in the released section.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Riis and Woodman head list of Preston departures
Emil Riis and Freddie Woodman headline the list of players who will be leaving Preston North End this join midfielder Ryan Ledson, whose departure from the Championship club was announced earlier this Riis, 26, has spent five seasons at Deepdale since moving from Denmark, while goalkeeper Woodman, 28, has played for North End for three leaving this summer are defender Patrick Bauer and youngsters Kian Best and Kian Taylor. Republic of Ireland midfielder Robbie Brady has been offered a new deal, while Ched Evans is in talks over carrying on as a coach at the club, End finished 20th in the Championship, avoiding relegation on the last day of the season. Riis joined from Danish club Randers in October 2020, and over the course of five years he played 186 games for Preston, scoring 46 goals, including 20 in the 2021-22 season, his best at the made 138 appearances, was the club's player of the year two seasons ago and kept 44 clean defender Bauer, who moved from Charlton Athletic in 2019, played 105 times for the club, although he only had one substitute appearance in the Championship this season.
