Birmingham City are in the mix to sign Kwame Poku from Peterborough United
12:59, 03 Jun 2025Updated 13:00, 03 Jun 2025
Kwame Poku
Peterborough United owner Darragh MacAnthony has told Kwame Poku to ‘listen to common sense’ and sign for an unnamed Championship club.
Birmingham City are chasing Poku’s signature but there is plenty of competition for the in-demand winger.
Poku is out of contract but he won’t turn 24 until August, meaning Blues would have to agree a fee with Peterborough to avoid the lottery of a tribunal.
MacAnthony would rather Poku stay in England because it would mean a bigger transfer fee for Peterborough and wants the Ghana international to move to the Championship.
Speaking on his podcast, The Hard Truth, MacAnthony said: “We know Kwame has been offered an absolute blockbuster move to a top, top club in England. I don’t know what he’s thinking or what he’s waiting for.
“His agent is a big agent who represents Man United players. He’d be mad not to go to the club because I think they’ll be in the Premier League and he’ll be their best player.
“I think he’ll rip it up in the Championship. Unless a Premier League club has come in, I don’t know.
“Obviously if he ***** us and goes to Europe, I’d be furious, because I know he’ll earn more and be in the Premier League in a year.
“I think a player like him disappears in Europe. If he goes to Europe, he disappears. That’s his career.
“Whereas at his age, if he goes to where I think he should go… it’s not just about us getting paid. I plucked him at 19, nobody wanted him. We went out and paid big money for him. He’d had a horrendous year the year before, that’s why his value dropped.
“We took a chance and developed him. If he listens to common sense – and I hope his agent talks common sense because it’s about him and not his agent – the best club for him is the one I know that’s in for him because he’ll be their stand-out player.
“And that club, we will talk to them if he does sign for them and I think common sense will meet.”
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