Peterborough United boss expects star man to stay at London Road until the summer (at least)
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson is confident star man Kwame Poku will not be sold in January.
Ferguson believes Posh have the financial safety net of a considerable compensation fee should Poku leave when his contract expires at the end of the current campaign. Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony said, on this week’s edition of his ‘Hard Truth’ podcast, any sale of the 23 year-old winger would be worth millions to his club.
Ferguson spoke on Thursday to the Posh plus service when he also discussed the other senior players, Ricky-Jade Jones and Hector Kyprianou, whose contracts are set to run out next summer, and of a possible signing.
"We’ve had speculation about our players in all my time here,” Ferguson said. “And I see it as a good thing because if no-one is talking about your players it means you’re not doing very well as a team. That speculation is only going to crank up in January and clearly I will have to manage the situation regarding certain players.
"I don’t think anything will happen with Kwame. We have a safety net with him and with Ricky as we would get compensation for both of them given their ages. We have made outstanding financial offers to both of them. Hector is a different situation because if he doesn’t sign a new contract he can leave for nothing, but it would still take a ridiculous bid to get him.
"Since Hector got injured the other midfielders have actually done really well, and we will get Mohamadou Suhoso back in January, but we certainly don’t want to lose him. We want Hector to win a promotion with us.
“I never go mad with signings in January, but we will look to recruit one player in one position and that will also depend on one other thing happening.”
Posh will welcome a new striker in Swede Gustav Lindgren in the New Year. He is eligible to play from January 2.