Cambridge United head coach Mark Bonner expects Jack Iredale to leave the club this summer amid links with Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic and Preston North End.
The left-back was an ever-present for the League One side in the first half of the campaign, but suffered an injury setback in February that kept him out of action for around two months.
The defender is out-of-contract in the summer and first-team coach Barry Corr described him as the “best left-back in League One” earlier this season.
The U's are desperate to keep hold of the 25-year-old and have offered him fresh terms, but there is an acceptance that Iredale is increasingly likely to move on to pastures new soon. “He has had an excellent season, and there have been contracts on the table for months for him,” Bonner said. “We haven’t heard back on them, so we’re obviously not quite expecting that to be honest.
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