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Sepp van den Berg eligible to face Reds in Carabao Cup tie

The 19-year-old is free to line-up against his parent club for the fourth-round encounter at Deepdale, having made 17 appearances for The Lilywhites so far this term after re-joining on loan from the Reds in the summer.

“Yes, of course he should play,” Pepijn Lijnders told a pre-match press conference on Tuesday. “It’s like, if you want to be a chef, you need to spend a lot of time in the kitchen! So, what would our message be if we sent our players on loan to get good games and then there’s a good game coming and not letting them play?