Late yesterday afternoon, (Thursday), news broke that Luton Town and Peter Kioso had parted company.
Our article – player-leaves-kenilworth-road-for-rotherham-united – confirmed that the versatile defender had joined our Championship rivals, Rotherham United, for an undisclosed fee.
The deal quickly became the subject of social media discussion and it appears that a fair few of the Hatters support did not wholeheartedly agree with Nathan Jones decision to offload the player, as the following posts illustrate:
Never had a fair crack of the whip in my opinion
— David Gentle🏴🦁 Pearcey(1962-2006) (@DgGentle) June 23, 2022
Now that's a shame. I thought he'd been working himself into contention during last season and starting to look more confident on the ball. He was one for the future.
— James Gillespie (@JM11_GEE) June 23, 2022
This is an AWFUL decision.
— Chris Dunn (@ChrisDunn1997) June 23, 2022
But others were understandable of the reasoning why a deal was concluded:
Not going to cry about it, Bree was improving every week and Kioso wasn't getting a look in. Cash in now as he only has a year left and buy replacement
— Tom (@LTFCPanthers) June 23, 2022
A fair point, unless Bree also departs, as the transfer speculation suggested earlier this month – another-key-defender-linked-with-move-away.
But perhaps the writing was on the wall with Kioso having been sent on three loan spells since Nathan returned to the club, prompting one poster to remark:
Just got the feeling he wasn’t a “Nathan Jones Guy”. Shame he’s gone as I think he’s quality, good move for Rotherham, hope he smashes it
— JamoTweets (@jamotweets) June 23, 2022
Yes, Kioso will smash it at Rotherham, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he hits the net when the two sides clash next season, football has a habit of doing things like that!
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i think we all knew kioso was going. its a shame his face did’nt fit. will enjoy watching his progress. hope we got decent money for him. COYH.
The whispers are suggesting £125,000!
Kiosso going to Rotherham is the best for all parties concerned. I didn’t think that Kiosso had the confidence to fully express himself at luton. I believe he was overwhelmed at the calibre of town players. And his performances were underwhelming. No big loss to Luton .I didn’t think he cut the mustard here. There are lot better players at the club in the position he plays.
Kiosso could have been a real asset for us, but never given a fair chance to prove himself I would have been happy if we had sold Pelly, just my opinion
Morning mh, he won’t be the last to leave.. I’m hearing 2 more may go. An a couple of loans
Morning MH Think Kioso had to go along with others as we can only have 25 players registered if this is still the case. Believe a right sided wingback and another goalkeeper will soon be announced . Keep eyes open for the 5.00pm forthcoming announcements!
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Hi 75, we are also in talks with another striker.
A lot of speculation around at the mo….also the yourh academy could be a difference this year as Paul Hart is in charge….he worked wonders at Leeds in that role…..
hope the academy throws some little gems our way.COYH.