Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony believes that striker Matt Stevens would score 20 goals in League Two next season, hot on the heels of asking Forest Green to ‘get real’ with their valuation of him.
Stevens is on the transfer list at London Road but took part in last night’s heavy friendly win against Stamford Town. His performance was enough to prompt a fan to ask MacAnthony to keep the former Barnet man, who has had prolific loan spells with Kettering and Slough.
The Posh chairman said: “The lad won’t be happy if he doesn’t get game time so it’s right for him & career if a club buys him. He’ll score 20 plus goals in L2 all day long this season imo.”
Whilst that was probably intended to give any interested clubs a nudge to make a bid, it actually prompted Peterborough supporters to wonder why he wasn’t offered a loan spell but kept on by the club.
After all, Posh are a side who have made a great success out of cultivating striker so, if Stevens is as good as their owner believes, why would he not look to build up his value with a loan move? That’s certainly the feeling amongst these supporters on social media.
Why don’t we loan him out to a league two club then? We’ve invested time and money in him – let’s see if he can cut it at that level?
— Jim Coull (@CoullJim) July 10, 2019
Should keep him @DMAC102 if not make sure it’s only a loan
— BR (@BR_22__) July 10, 2019
Depends on FFP but would love to see him loaned as think we will turn out to be a good striker for us
— James Wadsley (@MrWadsley21) July 10, 2019
Loan him or I’ll be sad
— J L (@JLUTJPL) July 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/MrSteveCM/status/1149058157865574400
He defo looks sharper this Season, got good powerful shot on him. I think letting him go is a mistake, loan the lad with recall tied in at any point.
— DJ (@DJ_PUFC) July 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/JackSimmons101/status/1149073204562006016
Loan him?
— James Wadsley (@MrWadsley21) July 10, 2019
