Peterborough United promotion winner believes Savage and MacAnthony would be a 'car crash waiting to happen.'

Savage has leapt to favouritism in the race to replace Luke Williams as manager of Posh. He is known to have had an interview with chairman MacAnthony and other board members on Monday after his current club Forest Green Rovers gave him permission to talk to Posh.

Savage won’t be in charge of the National League club’s Tuesday night fixture which has suggested to many that he is on his way to London Road.

The vast majority of Posh fans who have made their feelings known appear to be against Savage being appointed and Zakuani made his feelings known before things developed today.

Zakuani told BBC Radio Cambs: “They are two very similar, opinionated people who are high profile in the media. It would be a car crash waiting to happen in my eyes. I have seen things happen in football which could change that, but I can see fireworks if there is any truth in the story.

"Posh just need a manager who gets on with business, while showing a bit of passion on the sidelines. Robbie is clearly passionate, but away from the pitch, the comments he’s likely to make may well come back to bite Posh.

“It’s probably the most important appointment in Posh history because of the situation we find ourselves in. Darragh MacAnthony has to make the right decision. He can’t afford to get this one wrong. For Luke Williams it was probably a project, as he likes to work with youngsters, but this time around it may need to be more of a short term view. Someone who can fix things quickly.

“Bigger picture, a lot of other clubs are now using the Darragh model of plucking players from non-league. Everyone seems to have clocked onto that model.

If Peterborough and another League One club go in for the same non-league player, I think it’s most likely the player will pick the other club. Players want to join clubs who are doing well. Posh just aren’t the front runners when it comes to signing the non-league players they want."