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Sheffield Wednesday defender Tom Lees is attracting interest ahead of the summer transfer window.
What's the talk?
That's according to The Sun journalist Alan Nixon, who claimed in a recent post on Twitter that Huddersfield Town are considering a move for the 30-year-old in the upcoming transfer window, with the £1.98m-rated centre-back set to become a free agent upon the expiry of his contract at Hillsborough.
Nixon said: "Huddersfield: Big interest in Tom Lees. Sheff Wed defender and soon to be a free agent."
Moore will be gutted
While Sheffield Wednesday endured something of a season to forget in the Championship, with the Owls finishing the season rock bottom of the second tier, statistically speaking, Lees was one of Darren Moore's better players.
Over his 38 Championship appearances, the defender helped his side to keep nine clean sheets, as well as averaging 1.8 interceptions, 1.2 tackles and 5.4 clearances per game. He also scored one goal and provided one assist, culminating in an average SofaScore match rating of 6.88 - ranking him as the Owls' third-best performer in the division.
As such, potentially losing a player as solid as the £22,000-per-week Lees is likely to come as a hammer blow for the 47-year-old Sheffield Wednesday manager as he attempts to build a side capable of bouncing straight back to the Championship next season.
However, Lees does not look likely to be the only departure from Hillsborough this summer, with a number of Wednesday's first team regulars, including the likes of Adam Reach, Barry Bannan, Joey Pelupessy and Osaze Urhoghide among many others, on contracts which expire in a matter of weeks.
It would very much appear as if Moore has a lot of work to do in the upcoming transfer window just to put a team out for the club's league opener next season, let alone one which is capable of mounting a promotion charge.
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