Club’s director of football admits his ‘unbelievable’ player’s agent was pushing for West Ham move last summer 

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Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry has admitted that Ronnie Edwards’ former agent was pushing for the defender to join West Ham last summer.

West Ham were heavily linked with a move for Ronnie Edwards over the summer but the talented defender ended up staying in East Anglia. 

The Hammers approached Peterborough about snapping up the 20-year-old just a couple of days before the summer deadline.

Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony spoke after the failed move and even admitted he was willing to sell Edwards to West Ham.

Edwards has since gone on to play a key role for Peterborough this term, racking up 27 League One appearances and netting twice from centre-back.

But after missing out on a move to east London, Barry Fry has suggested that Edwards’ former agent was pushing for the defender to join West Ham.

Edwards’ agent was pushing for West Ham move

Fry has told the Peterborough Telegraph that he feels Edwards deserves a move to a top club.

But the director of football claims there has been no pressure from the defender or his agent, which wasn’t the case last summer.

“Financial fair play remains an issue for many clubs which might be good news for us, although we will honour our word to Ronnie Edwards should a club get to our valuation,” Fry said.

“But to be fair to Ronnie, there is no pressure coming from him or his agents about him getting away. That wasn’t the case in the summer when he had a different agent and West Ham came in for him.

“Ronnie is a great lad and a great player. He’s played 120 games for us now and he just gets better and better.

“He deserves the chance to play for a top club for sure.”

Based on Fry’s comments, it would seem that Edwards will be available for the right price this summer.

It will be intriguing to see if West Ham revisit their interest in the ‘unbelievable’ youngster.

The Hammers did snap up Konstantinos Mavropanos over the summer. But Edwards is undoubtedly one of the most exciting young defenders in the EFL at the moment. 

He seems destined for a move to a Premier League side in the future, with Tottenham and Manchester City also linked in the past.