PETERBOROUGH UNITED LATEST: Leeds United are chasing Marcus Maddison, but Posh turn down Oxford loan

Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has confirmed that Leeds United are interested in signing Marcus Maddison.
Posh star Marcus Maddison is a transfer target for Leeds United.Posh star Marcus Maddison is a transfer target for Leeds United.
Posh star Marcus Maddison is a transfer target for Leeds United.

MacAnthony was a guest on TalkSport Radio today (January 22) when he made his revelation.

MacAnthony said; “Steve Evans (Leeds manager) is a big fan of Marcus. It’s up to his chairman now to back him.”

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Maddison (22) moved to Posh from Gateshead for a reported £250k in August 2014. He’s scored 15 goals in 55 appearances (13 as a substitute) for Posh.

MacAnthony also revealed that Posh were offered West Ham’s highly-rated young midfielder Reece Oxford on loan earlier this month, but the club felt they had enough midfielders. The player is now expected to join a Championship club.

Oxford (17) has already made eight first-team appearances for West Ham.

Posh sold top scorer Conor Washington to QPR this week. They have also signed left-back Harry Toffolo, and strikers Shaq Coulthirst and Adil Nabi.

MacAnthony also suggested that two further deals to bring top talent from League Two to Posh had hit a stumbling block today.