Archived News from May 2018
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BENNETT SIGNS FOR PETERBOROUGH
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Posh Make Second Summer Signing
Rhys Bennett agrees deal with Posh. @theposhofficial website, Wednesday 16 May 2018 Posh make their second signing of the summer with the arrival of defender. Peterborough United manager Steve Evans has made his second signing of the summer with the arrival of experienced centre back Rhys Bennett on a two-year contract, which will begin on the 1st July 2018. The 26-year-old has over 200 appearances under his belt and has played a host of those games at League One level with Rochdale. He played under Evans and assistant manager Paul Raynor this season with Mansfield Town and the Posh boss is delighted with the second acquisition of his re-building process. “Rhys played almost every minute of every game for me when I was the manager of Mansfield Town. We knew all about Rhys from his days at Rochdale. He was a very accomplished centre back and he could do an equally effective job at right back. In fact, for Rochdale he did a very effective job in the middle of the park. “He is big, strong and talented and we are absolutely delighted to secure his signature. There were a number of clubs towards the top end of League One that wanted to sign him and the top clubs in League Two were keen to take him too. I think the boy has every capability of playing in the Championship so he gets a big opportunity to come and play for Posh. “We knew we had to react to the marketplace. I had a number of managers that were not aware that I was interested in bringing Rhys Bennett to Peterborough United asking about his character because they thought he was a top player. We know his character, he is an outstanding professional and he will add some real professionalism to some areas which have been missing here. He is a good signing, a solid signing and the start of many more good signings to come,” Evans told theposh.com. Bennett, who will link up with his new team-mates for the start of pre-season, was pleased to get the deal done quickly and is looking forward to linking up with Evans and Raynor once again. “It is great to get it done and I am really happy to be here. I had a few offers, but the opportunity to work with the gaffer was key. “Primarily I am a central defender, but I will play wherever the gaffer wants me too. I know the ambitions of the club and I know that everybody wants to get promotion and I want to play my part in that. I know what will be expected of me and I am looking forward to it.” ------------------- Former boss Evans snaps up defender Bennett from Stags chad.co.uk, by JOHN LOMAS, Wednesday 16 May 2018 Mansfield Town defender Rhys Bennett has been snapped up by former boss Steve Evans at League One side Peterborough United. The 26-year-old, who played 97 times times for the Stags, has signed a two-year contract and revealed he had told Mansfield manager David Flitcroft he wanted to leave the One Call Stadium. “I had a few offers but once the opportunity to work with a gaffer that knows me came up, I was delighted to come here,” he said. “Once I made it clear to the (Mansfield) manager that I wanted to go and play in League One to further my career it was pretty simple.” Read more at: https://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/former-boss-evans-snaps-up-defender-bennett-from-stags-1-9166892 Mansfield announced on Thursday that Bennett, and five other players, would leave the club at the end of their contracts this summer. Evans told the official Posh website: “Rhys played almost every minute of every game for me when I was the manager of Mansfield Town. “We knew all about Rhys from his days at Rochdale. He was a very accomplished centre-back and he could do an equally effective job at right back. “In fact, for Rochdale he did a very effective job in the middle of the park. “He is big, strong and talented and we are absolutely delighted to secure his signature. “There were a number of clubs towards the top end of League One that wanted to sign him and the top clubs in League Two were keen to take him too. “I think the boy has every capability of playing in the Championship so he gets a big opportunity to come and play for Posh.” He added: “We knew we had to react to the market place. “I had a number of managers, who were not aware that I was interested in bringing Rhys to Peterborough United, asking about his character because they thought he was a top player. “We know his character. He is an outstanding professional and he will add some real professionalism to some areas which have been missing here. “He is a good signing, a solid signing and the start of many more good signings to come.” Bennett previously spent four years at Rochdale and has played for Falkirk. ------------------- twitter, Wednesday 16 May 2018 Matthew Caulton @caulton_matthew Be careful if Evans leaves there will be a huge divide in the squad Darragh MacAnthony @DMAC102 (Posh chairman) Such a fake news comment. I spoke with loads Ex Rotherham and some Leeds players about gaffer & we just signed a Mansfield lad who practically walked here to play for the gaffer again. Dont believe disgruntled ex players he bombed out or sore clubs etc. Records dont lie :) Mark Plumb @sonoad In all fairness it was obvious Evans was gonna sign someone from us. Majority of Mansfield fans, including myself are annoyed at the fact of how Evans left us but that’s football just move on. Evans motivated by money. Simple. Darragh MacAnthony @DMAC102 (Posh chairman) SE contract with posh is 30% lower then his previous contracts. He came for family reasons & long term plan, simple. Money was not the motivation. Another fake news bit of crap. Sorry those facts may Hurt some feelings but its truth. ------------------ |
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