Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson has admitted that he has mixed feelings over Gabriel Zakuani's selection for DR Congo.

Zakuani has been selected in DR Congo's provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, but after the 26-year-old only recently returned to the Peterborough side, Ferguson has insisted that his defender's call-up is not straightforward.

Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "He's got to understand he's just got back in the team and he'd be missing three or four weeks.

"I think if he was to make the final squad, of course you are happy for your player because it's a big international tournament.

"But at the end of the day we all have to do what's best for Peterborough, it's a simple as that."

Zakuani was one of four players disciplined by Peterborough in November for a "breach of club discipline".