Peterborough United’s Ivan Toney is a transfer target of big Bundesliga clubs and a very big club from the United States, while Barry Fry plays down Posh interest in Accrington Stanley winger

Toney is expected to leave Posh in the summer when the club are most likely still to be in League One.

The 24 year-old won’t be short of suitors in the UK either after scoring 26 goals in a shortened 2019-20 campaign.

Posh reportedly turned down bids of £4 million from unnamed Championship clubs last August and around £8 million from Brentford in January, but valuations will doubtless change once the coronavirus crisis has passed.

Posh director of football Barry Fry said: “There won’t be a shortage of clubs trying to sign Ivan, but it is difficult to know what the market will be like when it reopens.

“Big Bundesliga clubs and one very big American club have shown an interest, but they are not talking the numbers we would expect yet.

“We expect clubs who have bid for Ivan before to be back and we expect Premier League clubs to get involved when their season is finished.

“The transfer window won’t open until the Premier League and Championship seasons are over which is wrong in my opinion as lower league clubs need money now.

“We are fortunate enough to be better off than most so Ivan won’t be leaving on the cheap. He is under contract to us for another season.”

Fry played down a rumour that Accrington Stanley winger Jordan Clark is on the club’s radar. Posh boss Darren Ferguson has previously spoken highly of a 26 year-old who is out of contract at the end of this season.

But Fry said: “Jordan has not been mentioned to me.”