The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Big cash consolation for Posh if their rivals end up in the Championship
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If Peterborough United’s promotion hopes are eventually dashed they could still receive consolation in the form of two £100k payments from rivals.
Posh will receive a six-figure fee from Coventry City under the terms of Matt Godden’s sale to St Andrew’s last summer, if the Sky Blues win promotion to the Championship this season.
And Posh will also be due £100k from Portsmouth if they go up to the second tier as part of the transfer that took defender Christian Burgess to Fratton Park in 2015.
If, as expected, League One final placings for the 2019-20 season are determined on a points per game average Coventry will be crowned champions and Portsmouth will finish fifth and contest a playoff semi-final against Oxford.
Burgess, who was signed for Posh by current firstteam manager Darren Ferguson from Hartlepool in 2014, has become a star performer at Pompey
Posh reportedly received a £150k fee for Burgess who joined Pompey when they were in League Two.
The 28-year-old falls out of contract at Fratton Park this summer and is expected to leave on a free transfer.
Godden has been a star of Coventry’s outstanding campaign netting 15 goals (14 in League One) in 33 matches including back-to-back hattricks over the festive period. He also scored in four successive games before lockdown.
Posh received, what at the time looked an inflated fee, of £400k for Godden and replaced him with club record signing Mo Eisa for around £1.3m.
Posh have received a £10k payment from Motherwell under the terms of midfielder Mark O’Hara’s loan move to Fir Park. The payment was tiggered by Motherwell’s thirdplace finish in the Scottish Premier League.