Mous: ‘Championship sides could come poaching’ at Posh
John Mousinho believes Peterborough United will have a job on their hands keeping their array of exciting talent this summer.
And that message has got Blues fans eyeing the Posh squad, and wondering if any of their emerging stars fit the bill for the Blues’ Championship rebuild.
Mousinho joined Sky Sports for their coverage of the play-off semi-final between Oxford and Darren Ferguson’s side last week, as the London Road side were condemned to another season in League One.
The Pompey head coach feels that development could have a knock-on effect for a squad loaded with quality capable of stepping up to the second tier.
Winger Ephron Masonclark agreed a move to Coventry in January and was loaned back to Peterborough until the summer, as part of the agreement.
Teenage defender
Jadel Katongo returns to Manchester City, after spending the season on loan.
Elsewhere, exciting leftback Harrison Burrows is out of contract, though Peterborough will take up an option to extend his deal for 12 months, and defender
Josh Knight is a free agent.
Winger Kwame Poku, defender Ronnie Edwards, attacking midfielder
Joel Randall and former Leyton Orient man Hector Kyprianou could also garner attention.
Those names all operate in areas Pompey could look to strengthen over the coming months.
Mousinho stated he felt it could be an interesting summer ahead for Posh.
He said: ‘Peterborough have been outstanding and they’ve blown sides away. Whenever we’ve played against them, they were a real threat and trying to deal with them is very, very difficult.
‘Next year is a really interesting one for them, because we already know they are going to lose Masonclark, Katongo is going back and they have a couple of players who are out of contract.
‘I’d be very, very surprised if Championship sides don’t come in poaching for some of the players they have on their books, because I think they have a side full of Championship quality.’
They have a side full of Championship quality