Posh Reject Bid For Gordon

The football club have rejected a bid for 17-year-old striker Jaanai Gordon from West Ham United.

Peterborough United have turned down a bid for talented teenage striker, 17-year-old Jaanai Gordon, from Premier League side West Ham United.

Gordon has spent three weeks training with the Hammers, starring in several fixtures, scoring twice for the under 18s against Aston Villa and then repeating the feat in an under 21 fixture against Gillingham, despite only being on the pitch for 20 minutes.

He was given an opportunity in a first team friendly fixture at Upton Park with Milllwall last Friday, producing a fine display, scoring the equaliser in a 2-2 draw. He came close to scoring the winner in a very good display with the coaching staff at UptonPark impressed with his performances. West Ham requested that Gordon could remain for a third week so first team manager Sam Allardyce could see him in action.

However, Allardyce was not at the club for the first part of the week, and witnessed the teenager in action on Thursday. West Ham made a bid on Friday morning, which was rejected by Posh.

Posh Director of Football Barry Fry said: ‘Jaanai has been excellent for the Hammers in the last two weeks, both in training sessions and in friendly fixtures and the staff at West Ham believe he has enormous potential. Sam Allardyce has been away on holiday in Dubai and returned to training on Thursday where he discussed the situation with his staff and then the joint-owner David Sullivan. A