Alan Browne: I'd give anything to play at the top level

The Preston man says the Premier League is where every player aspires to get to

ROOM TO IMPROVE: Alan Browne believes he has more to give at both club and international level.  Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

They do say a change is as good as a rest. Alan Browne argued as much after Preston North End’s “embarrassing” 4-0 loss to Luton Town in the Championship which may have holed their outside shot at a play-off place below the waterline.

Better to pull the curtain across the mess at Kenilworth Road, let things sit for a few weeks before the next appointment away to Derby and, in the meantime, disperse. In Browne’s case, that meant a flight to Dublin to link up with the Republic of Ireland.