Johnny Kenny’s Preston North End are languishing at the bottom of the EFL Championship after 15 games.

The striker made the £3 million move to Deepdale at the end of the summer transfer window, having spent the previous six months on loan at Bolton Wanderers.

Johnny Kenny: Preston North End languishing at bottom of Championship

Preston’s dismal record of just two wins and two draws from fifteen matches has them down at rock bottom, seven points adrift from safety already.

They sacked ex-Hibs boss Paul Heckingbottom just weeks after Kenny’s arrival in September, eventually replacing him with former Motherwell gaffer Graham Alexander.

Alexander finally managed his first victory as boss on Saturday against Southampton. Kenny missed the 1-0 win with a hamstring injury which could keep him sidelined for a number of weeks. His manager attributed the issue to his lack of a full pre-season with the Hoops.

Kenny’s ex-club Bolton sit 18th, a full nine points ahead of North End. Their boss Steven Schumacher was open about his bitter disappointment at missing out on the Irishman.

He said back in September: “Jonny Kenny was somebody who I spoke openly about, really liked him. I said at the very start, and whoever asked me the question, that I would love to work with him.

“I think Jonny Kenny would have loved to have come back, but, unfortunately, he wasn’t able to make it happen. We couldn’t compete with what Preston have offered him so unfortunately we didn’t manage to get that one done.”