Surprising moves for two Peterborough United defenders

Former Posh man Ryan Tafazolli has make a surprising move.

The Wycombe man has joined Lee Man FC of Hong Kong for the rest of the season.

He has only played once in League One this season..

Lee Man are the reigning Hong Kong champions and lifted the title without losing a game.

Nathan Thompson has joined Milton Keynes from Stevenage.

The 34-year-old has signed a permanent deal having already played 20 times this season.

He could make his debut tomorrow as MK play Wimbledon

Former Posh loanee Sam Curtis has found a new club.

Sheffield United have loaned the 19-year-old full back to St Johnstone, who are marooned at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership.

Curtis played 19 times for Posh in the first half of the season before being recalled.

Posh will be reunited with former short-lived captain Ollie Norburn next Tuesday (January 28) when Wigan arrive in town.

The now 32-year-old has joined the Latics on loan for the rest of the season.

Young defender Ollie Rose has left the club to join National League North side Scunthorpe on an initial one-month loan.

The 18-year-old has featured in 3 EFL Trophy ties for Posh this season as well as a brief appearance off the bench in the league 5-1 win over Blackpool .

Scunthorpe are 4th in the National League North, two points off leaders Kidderminster

Cardiff have now signed Yousef Salech for a fee between £3m and £4m and are now less likely to be interested in Jones.

Saturday’s opponents Leyton Orient have boosted their options with the loan signing of winger Dylan Markanday from Blackburn. He spent a successful loan spell with Chesterfield for the first half of the campaign.

Next Saturday’s opponents Lincoln have signed Sam Clucas. The former Premier League player has rejoined his hometown club.

Grant Hanley has signed for Birmingham on a free from Norwich

Burton have also made a high-profile signing of striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson from Wrexham on a free,

Rumours continue to swirl around Ricky-Jade Jones.

Cardiff are known to have had a bid rejected and are now believed to have cooled their interest as they look towards Danish striker Yousef Salech, who is playing in Sweden for Sirius and valued at £3-4m.

Norwich are the latest club rumoured to have made an enquiry and the Express has claimed that Sheffield United have reignited their interest in the forward they tried to sign in the summer.

Middlesbrough continue to be linked with Jones. Boro are currently negotiating with MLS side Atlanta United over striker Emmanuel Latte Lath after the American side tabled a £16m bid. He has scored 10 Championship goals this season. A move could leave the door open for a move for Jones.

Jones is out of contract with Posh at the end of the season but can still demand a sizeable compensation fee due to his homegrown status.

Northern Irish international striker Dion Charles in on the verge of a move from Bolton to Huddersfield. An offer has now been accepted.

Blackpool have signed Middlesbrough winger Sammy Silvera on loan until the end of the season and have also brought in 32-year-old striker Tom Bloxham from Shrewsbury for an undisclosed fee.

Former Posh man Callum Cooke has signed for Morecambe on a free transfer. He left National League Hartlepool at the end of last season

When asked on Monday, Darren Ferguson said that things were still fairly quiet on the transfer front.

He was at pains to stress that brining in an experienced centre half is proving ‘extremely difficult’

He said Posh are looking at one from League One that would probably be a loan but from the Championship ‘its proving difficult’

He said: We’ll keep trying and for the meantime, we will go with what we’ve got.

Former Posh loanee George Moncur has dropped into non-league.

31-year-old Moncur has joined Ebbsfleet United on loan from Leyton Orient.

Moncur scored on his Fleet debut on Saturday in a 2-2 draw away at Boston- the two bottom sides in the league.

Boston and Ebbsfleet are 7 points and 13 points adrift of safety respectively.

Wigan have signed Carlisle defender Jon Mellish.

The 27-year-old scored an unlikely hat-trick when the strugglers visited London Road in March.

This consigned Posh to a shock 3-1 home defeat.

Wigan visit Posh later this month, January 28.

Wycombe have reportedly agreed to break their club transfer record and pay 1 million euros for Viborg midfielder Magnus Westergaard.

Exeter have signed midfielder Joel Colwill on loan from Cardiff City.

Posh director of football Barry Fry has confirmed Posh will receive a sell-on fee for the transfer of striker Joe Taylor from Luton Town to Huddersfield.

Posh sold Taylor to Luton in January, 2023 for £500k before he had started a single career Football League game.

Wigan Athletic want to sign Crystal Palace defender Tayo Adaramola in January according to London online. The full-back was on loan at Stockport in the first half of the season.

Wigan are also reportedly interested in Fleetwood defender and club captain Brendan Wiredu.

Huddersfield Town have signed former Posh striker Joe Taylor from Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old has penned a deal wit the Terriers until 2029, becoming Town’s second signing of the January transfer window.

Huddersfield tried hard to sign Taylor in the summer.

Mansfield Town have signed Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Matthew Craig on loan for the remainder of the season. The 21 year-old can also play at centre-back and full-back.

Mansfield have let former Posh striker Tom Nichols go on loan to League Two side Swindon Town.

Blackpool have reportedly bid for Chesterfield winger James Berry.

Former Posh striker Joe Taylor is set to to join League One promotion-chasers Huddersfield Town from Luton Town.

Exeter City, who are at Posh on January 21, are expected to pip Bristol Rovers to the signing of Cardiff City midfielder Joel Colwill on loan. Colwill has been on loan at Cheltenham this season.

Leyton Orient, who are at Posh on January 18, are preparing a loan offer to sign Blackburn Rovers winger Dilan Markanday on loan until the end of the season

Burton Albion have signed midfielder JJ McKiernan on loan from League One rivals Lincoln City for the remainder of the season.

Burton have also signed Burnley left-back Owen Dodgson on loan for the rest of the season.

Joel Randall has joined Bolton Wanderers. Story here https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/peterborough-united/joel-randall-has-completed-his-move-from-peterborough-united-to-bolton-wanderers-4936705