Manager insists Ronnie Edwards is not definitely leaving Peterborough United in January

Club chairman Darragh MacAnthony revealed this week the agents working on behalf of Edwards had started speaking to other clubs in readiness for the 20 year-old’s anticipated departure from the Weston Homes Stadium next month.

Darragh on Edwards future

But Ferguson used his regular Thursday pre-match press conference to point out why Edwards is not certain to go.

"Look, if I was having a bet on it I’d say Ronnie would go,” Ferguson said. “Obviously there will be interest, but it’s not just a case of ‘see you later Ronnie’ as someone has to meet our valuation of him. It’s the same with Jonson Clarke-Harris.

"We know how good Ronnie is because we work with him every day, but other clubs have to see that as well. The summer window tends to be the more active one and Ronnie was expected to go then, but didn’t because no-one met our valuation. It’s not therefore definitely the case that he will go.

"A best case scenario would be he leaves and is loaned back to us, but that would have to be up to the two clubs involved in any deal.”

MacAnthony admitted in September he felt he let Edwards down by not selling him in the summer.