Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has insisted Posh midfielder Jack Taylor isn’t for sale.

"As reported on Thursday, Town have made an enquiry regarding the 24-year-old, who was previously linked in the summer.

Quizzed on the Blues’ approach or claims elsewhere that Town have made a bid for the former Republic of Ireland U21 international, MacAnthony wouldn’t comment but says
Taylor isn’t available.

“I would never comment on transfer speculation the day before a game,” he told the Peterborough Telegraph. “And no, he is not for sale.”

TWTD understands Taylor is among a number of names on a Town short-list of possible January midfield recruits.

On Wednesday, we revealed that former loanee Massimo Luongo was spending a few days training at Playford Road with the Australian international’s Middlesbrough contract up in January.

Taylor was previously mentioned in connection with the Blues in the summer when Posh director of football Barry Fry put a £10 million price-tag on his player's head and said there had been no contact from the Blues.

Versatile midfielder Taylor joined Posh for an initial £500,000 from Barnet in January 2020 with the fee likely to have increased towards £1 million with top-ups.

Hammersmith-born Taylor, who is understood to be contracted until June 2024, has since made 103 starts and eight sub appearances for Posh, scoring 16 times.

Taylor, who spent time on loan at Hampton and Richmond while with the Bees, qualifies for the Republic of Ireland via his grandfather and received his first senior call in November 2020 but is yet to make an appearance at full international level.

Town are looking to add to their central midfield strength with Dom Ball out for most of the season following knee surgery, while Panutche Camara has also undergone an operation on his adductor, which is expected to sideline the Guinea-Bissau international for a number of months.

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Radlett_blue added 21:42 - Dec 25 Of course, the player isn't for sale, until someone comes in with an acceptable offer.
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Ipswichbusiness added 21:56 - Dec 25 He's talking up the price.
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Portman_Pie added 22:22 - Dec 25 I think we should look elsewhere for potential transfer targets personally. Not one to fit into our system. Previous dealings with Peterborough have hardly gone well - and I don't think our record of punching players who perform well for lesser clubs has recently been too productive. One to avoid for me.
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GiveusaWave added 23:12 - Dec 25 We always seem to overpay with Peterborough. Let's look at someone else and deal with another club...
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GiveusaWave added 23:12 - Dec 25 We always seem to overpay with Peterborough. Let's look at someone else and deal with another club...
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PortmanTerrorist added 00:14 - Dec 26 Let's continue to destabilise Posh....love the fact they say they do not comment, but cannot help but comment. Truth is the natural order of things is being resumed, with ITFC dominant in any relationship with Posh. Let's continue with the rumours, make sure their better players know we could be interested (with our promotion potential, and doubling salaries), and ultimately give them no money. Maybe we do pick up a Clark-Harris one day, but more likely as contracts run down and for fractions what Fry would want....and most importantly on our terms, if and when our manager thinks players can improve us. COYB; we rise again !

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 05:39 - Dec 26 Of course he is for sale. Whether or not we want to pay their price, I don't know.
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terryf added 06:43 - Dec 26 Judging by Ashton's comments that we are down the road with a few 'january sales' and McAnthony's not foe sale I would imagine that we are getting ready to pull a few unknown rabbits out of the hat. Luongo and maybe the Crystal Palace lad would suit us but number one has to be a quality centre forward. Whittaker or Scarlett maybe. I'm sure we would be happy to pay a larger slice of their wages to their parent clubs than either Plymouth or Portsmouth!

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gosblue added 07:46 - Dec 26 I'm looking forward to the January sales. No idea what I want and I don't think I need anything but I've got money to spend and when I see it I'll know it's exactly what I always wanted. In McKenna we trust COYB
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Gforce added 10:08 - Dec 26 Not convinced he's the answer, but maybe we'll go back in for Hirst ,who's getting no game time at Blackburn.
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Ipswichbusiness added 10:27 - Dec 26 Scarlett may be very talented, but he has only scored three goals in eighteen League matches this season (Ladapo six in twenty-two) so he doesn't seem to be an upgrade on what we have at the moment. If Hirst isn't getting game time at Blackburn then there may be a reason for that. This will be a difficult window to get right. We need someone who can both fire us into the Championship and score goals there. Finding such a player will not be easy.

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tractorboybig added 13:06 - Dec 26 pointless addition
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BeattiesBackPocket added 14:34 - Dec 26 He's a good player but under new owners and Ashton when have we ever signed someone we we're apparently rumoured with? If we're already down the road with targets I'd imagine it won't be him. In McKenna and Ashton I trust.
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