Peterborough United figure speaks out about potential deal for Brentford player

Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has spoken out today about trying to do business during this month’s transfer window, admitting on his ‘Hard Truths’ podcast that he is ‘trying to do deals’ but players such as Brentford’s Marcus Forss have been priced out of his reach.

Posh are currently languishing near the bottom of the Championship table and they’ll be desperate to make sure that they manage to stay afloat in the second tier for at least another season.

To ensure they do so, they may need to make some investment this month – but chairman MacAnthony has admitted that it hasn’t been easy for him to do so and that deals have been hard to agree on during this window.

Peterborough have no doubt seen plenty of their close rivals bringing in some solid additions this month and won’t want to be left behind in the race to avoid relegation. It doesn’t sound like it’s been straight sailing in terms of additions though and one name that gets a mention is Marcus Forss of Brentford.

The forward has been linked with a number of sides this month and has looked like he could be allowed to leave the Premier Division club before the window is done. Peterborough chairman MacAnthony has mentioned that the name has come up to him too but that a deal would be expensive and that Posh have therefore been priced out of a move.

Speaking on his ‘Hard Truths’ podcast, he said: “I am trying to do deals in this window. Someone says ‘go and get [Marcus] Forss from Brentford.

“Yeah no problem, £17,000 a week and £1m if we stay up. Promotion teams we’ve been told are probably going to want to take him on that and he’ll want to go there and it’ll be £1m if they stay up. What can I do?”

They’re certainly high demands for a club battling