Stoke City manager Michael O’Neill has given a clear indication that Bristol Rovers have a good chance of re-signing Connor Taylor on loan again this season by declaring that the next step for the centre-back is playing in League One.
Taylor has returned to the Potters after a stellar campaign on loan for the Gas in which he started 41 of a possible 46 games in League Two as a mainstay of Joey Barton’s defence and was named the club’s Young Player of the Year.
The 20-year-old, in his first season in senior football, anchored a resolute Rovers backline that kept 17 clean sheets as they secured promotion into the third tier.
