The Peterborough United Gazette
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough tell Peterborough United: Sam Byram is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Peterborough United
Harry Leonard was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Liam Kelly signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liam Kelly commits to Peterborough United for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Sam Hughes for 17 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Peterborough United will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Peterborough United ask about Max Dean
A loan enquiry to KAA Gent: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Peterborough United try to borrow Nick Homan
AZ have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rio Adébísí falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Harry Leonard asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
Peterborough United and Tom Lees are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Matthew Garbett's contract
- Market Archie Collins leaves for nothing