LAST summer, many Oxford United fans would’ve been happy to see Josh Murphy leave the club. They might even have gone as far as to drop him off at his new home themselves.

Fast-forward a year, and the fickle world that is football was reflected in the incredible turnaround that Murphy had produced.

The winger’s journey at United started in July 2022. Signed by Karl Robinson, who had worked with Murphy when he was a youngster on loan at MK Dons, there was more than a sprinkling of excitement and expectation upon his arrival.

After all, he had just left Cardiff City, a club who signed him for a reported £11 million just four years earlier.

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His final season with the Bluebirds saw him loaned out to Preston North End,........

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