Mellor who can pick up an injury anywhere anytine with no one around him appeared to turn awkwardlyin the game against MK Dons. He was taken off and he suffered damage to his knee which was operated on before Christmas.
The striker who is in the last month of his contract will now be out of action until March by which time it will beyond repair to resurrect any sort of career at Preston. It is likely that Mellor will be released in the Summer as his contract expires being a high wage earner and failing to complete a ful season in all his time at Deepdale.