Ihionvien scores on Posh debut after transfer 'tornado'
Bradley Ihionvien scored six goals in 40 appearances for Colchester
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Peterborough United signing Bradley Ihioniven said the last few days had been "crazy" after he made a goalscoring debut for the club.
The 20-year-old was on target on Tuesday as Posh won 2-1 at Gillingham in the EFL Trophy - the same ground where he scored his first goal for former club Colchester.
Ihionvien had no clue about a possible move until the deal was pushed through on Friday evening - transfer deadline day.
"Just imagine two tornados coming together and being one tornado - that's the way it was really," he told ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Cambridgeshire.
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"Friday, I was thinking, 'How am I going to make an impact (for Colchester) off the bench on Saturday against Accrington?' and the next thing I know I'm in a taxi and I'm in Peterborough.
"It's been crazy. I did well in the pre-season game (against Peterborough) but I didn't think anything was going to come from that."
Ihionvien made 32 league appearances for Colchester - but only seven of them were starts.
However, Peterborough's reputation for taking young strikers with potential and developing them - like England's Ivan Toney, who last week joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli from Brentford for around £40m - persuaded Ihionvien that it was the right move at this stage of his career.
He will compete with the likes of Ricky-Jade Jones and Malik Mothersille for a place in attack and, even though he is not yet sure of the names of all his team-mates, boss Darren Ferguson already likes what he has seen.
"He will improve with us but (in the) pre-season (game) he was very good and we thought 'OK'," said Ferguson.
"What I liked about him was when I showed him how we play with a nine [centre forward], he did exactly that. He's strong, he's quick and has given himself a chance of playing against Lincoln (on 14 September)."
Peterborough reached the League One play-offs in the last two seasons and have taken six points from their first four games of the new campaign.
"All I can do is score in the games I play and work hard in training. At the end of the day, we all have one dream, to get promoted, so let's do it," Ihionvien added.