Peterborough United have been rocked by the news that midfielder Gwion Edwards wants to leave the club and doesn’t want to go on the pre-season tour!
Posh Chairman Darragh MacAnthony had asked him to go on the tour during which time they’d sit down to discuss things and a potential new contract but that is completely out of the window especially as a Championship club have put in an offer for him and he wants to play in the League above Posh.
With Edwards starting the last year of his contract and with the way Edwards now feels, it was best to move him on and as the offer was a sizeable one, Posh have agreed to the offer with the player allowed to negotiate terms on his transfer. With Crawley Town getting a 6-figure sell-on sum, it sounds as though the offer must be over the £1 million mark.
In a series of tweets by MacAnthony, he revealed the disappointing news:
The disappointing news today is Gwion has asked for a move & didn’t want to come on pre season tour due to Championship club who want to buy him. A fee has been agreed with them & has permission to speak to them. Myself and Manager gutted, did our best to talk him round but –
— Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) July 13, 2018
He is adamant about wanting to leave & play in the championship as has been obvious for last couple weeks. He is a great lad but made things clear about this & left me/the club with no choice but to do best deal we can with 10 months left on his contract. Sorry Posh fans.
— Darragh MacAnthony (@DMAC102) July 13, 2018
The injury-prone Welshman played 72 games out of the 118 games Posh played during the two seasons he was at Posh but when he did play, he was very influential scoring 16 goals along the way.
It is disappointing news and there’s no doubt that a fully fit Edwards would’ve been very useful for Posh in their attempt at promotion but a replacement will be brought in if, or rather when, the 25-year-old departs the ABAX Stadium.
