Speculation has fuelled fire to the flames as Middlesborough and Newcastle were all ready to splash the cash come January with Portsmouth looking to have been put off by the asking price.
Simpson has expressed his desie to keep hold of Nugent until the end of the season but that decision will be out of his hands if Derek Shaw accepts a bid that he deems to be acceptable for the football club.
With news of the fourth stand going quiet - rumours are circulating that the agreement with the NHS facilities has gone a little flat due to recent government cut backs means Preston may have to finance the stand through player sales.
The stand has been empty since September with little movement after fans were earlier told everything was in the pipeline. More news will hopefully follow over the endless transfer speculation and new stand.