Ferguson is better off with us, says Fry

Jan 9 2009 by Nick Hilton, Liverpool Daily Post

BARRY FRY reckons clubs outside the Premier League would be wasting their time in attempting to prise Darren Ferguson away from Peterborough United.

Ferguson is due to bring his Posh side to Prenton Park for a League One fixture tomorrow after guiding them into the heart of the promotion.

The son of Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson has been linked with a number of managerial vacancies in recent weeks, including Derby and Queens Park Rangers.

But Fry, Peterborough’s director of football says: “He’d be an absolute idiot to leave for a side who aren’t in the top flight.

“Bar Wolves or Birmingham – who are as good as Premier League – there are no other sides worth going to.”

By the end of this month, Ferguson will have spent two years at London Road. The 36-year-old won promotion to League One in his first full season and Peterborough currently sit fourth in League One after 23 matches this season.

Fry can see no reason why Ferguson should choose to leave the club.

He said: “No matter where he goes he won’t find a better chairman than Darragh MacAnthony who’s backed him to the hilt.

“He knows there’s a credit crunch on, and he knows full well that he wouldn’t be supported at other clubs in the way that he is supported here.”