Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has revealed his club turned down four offers for from a League One club, almost certainly the Blues, for midfielder Jack Taylor in January, the highest approaching £2 million.

TWTD reported in December that Town had made an enquiry for Taylor, 24, with offers subsequently made, before the Blues instead opted to sign free agent Massimo Luongo, who had been on trial, following his release by Middlesbrough.

Speaking on his Hard Truth podcast, MacAnthony spoke about the bids Posh received for the Irish U21 international.

“One top club at the top of League One made four offers to buy Jack Taylor all the way up to nearly £2 million in January,” he said. “He’s worth more than that.”

Quizzed on Town’s January interest in Taylor by TWTD earlier this week, Blues CEO Mark Ashton said: “It’s wrong of me to talk about players who are under contract at other football clubs. There’s been a lot of noise, a lot of press.

“There were other players [in addition to the four the Blues signed] that we looked at, there were other clubs that we spoke to about players that didn’t come to fruition.”

Whether Town renew their interest in the summer remains to be seen with Luongo having impressed and with plenty of other options in the middle of midfield.

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bluelad7 added 17:37 - Mar 25 This so called chairman is a complete idiot. Just trying to stoke up a little fire for the run in. Probably got canary blood running through him……moving on.
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Gforce added 17:42 - Mar 25 Who cares,we added Luongo instead ,a better player than Taylor and he didn't cost a penny.
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Cloddyseedbed added 17:45 - Mar 25 So glad we didn't get him then, we did far better.
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Bert added 17:47 - Mar 25 I doubt very much that we offered anything like £2m. The Posh chairman appears to have an inflated ego as well as an inflated sense of value in Taylor.
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CookAshtonJohnson added 18:12 - Mar 25 If anyone was going to make a comment like this, it would be Darragh MacAnthony, who runs a podcast in which he slates his own players! Thinked we dodged a bullet paying 7 figures for a midfielder, when we got one better for free!
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MattinLondon added 18:49 - Mar 25 Roughly translated - please come back in the summer as we will need the money then.
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BlueBoots added 19:12 - Mar 25 Sorry Darragh...the days of you persuading us to pay over the odds for one of your Taylor's are over...
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SussexTractor added 19:21 - Mar 25 Town has tailored its requirements - not needed, save £2 million, goodbye
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RobsonWark added 19:36 - Mar 25 What's meant to be is meant to be. We definitely benefitted from Darragh's stubbornness.
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ipswichtillidie added 19:41 - Mar 25 I watched the game today. Didn't see anything in Taylor to warrant that price tag. Poor man's Morsy tbh. Appreciate he's young and time to grow improve. Glad we didn't spend that much on him though tbh
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ArnieM added 21:06 - Mar 25 Think I prefer Luongo. He's made a massive impact and dove tails perfectly with Morsy . Big fussed about Taylor .
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ArnieM added 21:08 - Mar 25 “ NOT” fussed about Taylor!
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BlueNomad added 22:01 - Mar 25 He did very little at FPR
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Churchman added 22:40 - Mar 25 MacAnthony seems to have a loose mouth. I wouldn't do business with him.
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Ipswichbusiness added 07:27 - Mar 26 He is trying to talk up the value of the player. If we remain in League One next season then we won't need Taylor as we have Luongo and if we are promoted then we will not be looking to sign more League One players.
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BotesdaleBlue added 07:46 - Mar 26 How many times over the past two months has this man bleated on about this and repeated this exact same story to anyone who wants to listen. I must have heard it repeated at least four times!!!!!! Please change the record McAnthony, we are all bored with you and your heroic story.
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Wickets added 08:15 - Mar 26 If we did offer that sort of money i see this a a positive as it shows how far our owners are prepared to back KM in the transfer market .
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Letchworth_Blue added 09:16 - Mar 26 I'm sure Jack Taylor is delighted that he was prevented moving from such a great third tier club. Good luck!
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Radlett_blue added 10:02 - Mar 26 No need for people to slag off Taylor. He's exactly the type of player we've been signing - young & potentially upwardly mobile. We might be back for him in the summer, promoted or not, but we won;t play McAnthony's £2m unless he gets others interested, which is probably what his comments are all about.
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BtreeBlueBlood added 10:19 - Mar 26 To be fair on his performance in the 2nd half he looks a very good player- 1st half was missing. You never know we may go back for Taylor and Clarke Harris if we go up ! £3 m the pair? 🤣
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Bazza8564 added 10:31 - Mar 26 Ill take the Ashton line here, hes their player so its irrelevant. But either that £2m was spent to fund Harry and Nathan, or we saved £2m to spend on Hirst's fee when we get up. Either way, Massimo is one hell of a player for free, we have Evans Camara Humphreys and Ball on top of Massimo and Sam, "no vacancies" sign can go up in MF for me this summer!
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Pilgrimblue added 12:13 - Mar 26 Typical Posh talking up the price. Hope he runs his contract out and then leaves for free.
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dirtydingusmagee added 13:59 - Mar 30 Well thanks for turning our offer down , did us a favour , and got a better deal elsewhere , go whistle !
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