Chairman Darragh MacAnthony has revealed that the club's star striker agreed to stay at London Road over the weekend, but changed his mind after negotiations over a new contract broke down.

MacAnthony today disclosed that Mclean, through his agent, asked for...

• X amount per week which would have thrown the club's wage structure into chaos.


• A guarantee that he would always be the best paid player at the club.


• A signing on fee every summer.


• X amount for his image rights.


• A release clause in his contract if anyone bids £2.5m.

MacAnthony released the information in response to a claim by Mclean's agent that the club had 'broken promises' to the player.

Mclean believed he would be allowed to leave Posh if a 'bigger' club came in for him - Championship side Wolves have had two £1 million pound bids for the player rejected by Posh.

But MacAnthony countered: "I don't break promises and I have not gone back on my word at all.

"I have always promised Aaron that I would not stand in his way if a Premier League club came in for him

"Aaron phoned me last week, thanked me for my support, asked if he could take me up on my previous offer of a new contract and said that he would now like to stay at the club.

"I then spoke to his agent for a good hour on the phone, but I nearly fell over when he set out the terms Aaron wanted.

"Anyhow I offered Aaron the best contract this club has seen and his agent laughed at it – Aaron asked for a transfer the following day.

"I adore Aaron for what he has achieved for our club and I am very fond of him, however the club always comes first over player power.

"Aaron is contracted to the club for three more years and I don't need to give him a pound more per week, but he felt he deserved a pay rise and a healthy new deal regardless of outside interest.

"I am afraid his head is all over the place and this happens in football.

"If Wolves believe in him as much as I always have, they know the price it will take to buy him. If they don't then he stays and plays for his place in our fantastic team as per his current contract.

"It upsets me that I have been made out to have broken promises as I have only ever helped Aaron when he has needed it – with loans for his car and various other things.

"I am now asking him to repay me with some loyalty and concentrate on scoring the goals which will help us win League One next season.

"If he does that then it should get him the move to a BIG club in the Premier League and not to a club in the Championship who didn't have the balls to buy him when he was playing non-league football.

"Let me also state this for our fans and for our young squad. Now is the time to focus and concentrate on League One and winning it.