Midfielder rumoured to be interesting the Hatters

Luton Town are reportedly looking to land another midfielder on transfer deadline day, with reports linking them with a move for Barnsley captain Luca Connell.

The 24-year-old came through at Bolton Wanderers, playing 12 times for the Trotters before heading to Celtic for a fee believed to be around £350,000 in June 2019. He didn't make a senior appearance at Parkhead though, having two loan spells with Queen’s Park, where he netted 10 times in 42 matches as he was snapped up Barnsley in June 2022.

Since heading to Oakwell, Connell has played 152 matches with seven goals too, also scoring in the 5-0 hammering of Luton in November, although he was sent off against Wigan recently. Having come back from suspension, the Republic of Ireland international, who Daily Telegraph reporter Mike McGrath has stated is on the radar of the Hatters before this evening’s 7pm transfer deadline, making a number of errors in a 4-0 defeat at Cardiff City recently.

Speaking to the Barnsley Chronicle, Connell knows he has to show character to come back from that though, saying: “I know the scrutiny I will come under but you have to bounce back. If you go out in front of the fans still thinking about Tuesday night, it will probably go the way Tuesday night went. I just have to switch off, train well and make sure I am ready to go. It was a couple of poor moments of quality on the ball, I will forget about it but put it right. It is not how I wanted the year to start. I made a silly mistake and paid the price then I was buzzing to be back.”