Sheffield United finished bottom of the Premier League and will play alongside Wednesday in the Championship next season after the Owls’ heroics kept them up on the final day. The two sides last met in March 2019 in what was the third consecutive goalless draw in the fixture. The Owls will start the season ahead of the Blades in the table after the red side of the city was handed a two-point deduction after defaulting on payments to other clubs during the 2022/23 season. Owl captain Bannan has...
Sheffield United are planning to sell goalkeeper Ivo Grbic after a difficult start to life at Bramall Lane. The Croatian goalkeeper was signed by the Blades in the January transfer window for a reported fee of around £2.5m, according to the Daily Mail. The 28-year-old instantly became the club’s first choice goalkeeper ahead of Wes Foderingham, but was unable to make a positive impact on the club’s poor performances as he shipped in 32 goals in his 10 appearances for the Premier League’s...
Former Sunderland man Reece James has signed for recently relegated Rotherham United. James signed permanently for Wednesday last summer, following a successful loan spell at Hillsborough as he helped the Owls win promotion from League One. Yet the 30-year-old defender only made eight Championship appearances during the 2023-24 campaign, making just one league appearance off the bench during the past calendar year. The left-back, who can also play in midfield, was released by the Owls at the end...
The Star reported earlier this month that the recently relegated Millers were one of several clubs interested in taking on midfielder George Byers, who was one of six senior players confirmed to be leaving the club in last week’s retained list. We can now reveal that Rotherham will seek to persuade defender Reece James to join Steve Evans’ rebuild of the squad at the New York Stadium after he too saw the end of his time at S6 confirmed. The League One side - who will have designs on a jump...
The Star revealed on Wednesday that the final touches were being put on an extension to Röhl’s contract that will run until 2027, with growing confidence a deal would be finalised in the coming days. It was announced by the club on Friday afternoon. It gives the Owls’ summer a kickstart ahead of what could be a busy few weeks in the transfer market - and will deliver clarity to the seven senior players offered new deals since the end of the season. Other clubs continue to nail down their future...
Rhian Brewster is desperate to repay the faith shown in him by manager Chris Wilder ahead of a pivotal summer in his Sheffield United career. The former Liverpool striker will enter the final year of his Blades deal this summer after, so far, failing to live up to the potential that saw him make a club-record switch from Anfield back in 2020. Brewster’s Bramall Lane time has been consistently disrupted by a spate of injuries but he made his return from the latest hamstring issue towards the end...
Daniel Farke's Whites are one game away from an immediate return to the Premier League after last season’s relegation and will seal top-flight status if they overcome Southampton in next Sunday's Championship play-off final at Wembley. But one of either Leeds or Southampton will remain in the Championship next season, for which Luton Town were confirmed as the penultimate new addition on Sunday’s final day of the Premier League season. Luton approached Sunday's final day of the Premier League...
Andre Onana admits to struggles following move to United last summer. The goalkeeper is getting ready for this weekend's FA Cup final at Wembley. Have Chelsea offered Manchester United a way out of the Erik ten Hag darkness through Mauricio Pochettino's exit? -
Kasper Schmeichel admits he doesn't have fond memories of his year-long stint as a Leeds United player. Joining the club from Notts County in 2010, Schmeichel, who has spent this season between the sticks at Belgian club Anderlecht, signed a two-year deal with the Whites and was instantly named as the club's number one by Simon Grayson. The Dane made an impressive start to life at Elland Road and despite keeping just one clean sheet, he was nominated for the Championship player of the month...
Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday are both in summer mode as of Monday, with the Premier League having concluded. Sheffield Wednesday wrapped up their campaign earlier in May, securing Championship safety on the final day. The Blades have known their fate for some time, but they have now checked off their last Premier League fixture, and it was another to forget. Though, just like with Wednesday, fans have continue to turn up to back their team. In that vein, we have rounded up a final...
Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday could be set for a major boost amid a potential appointment on the continent. The Blades will be hoping to compete for at least a play-off spot next season, although their task will be made more difficult by the need to overhaul their squad following a disastrous season in the Premier League. As for Wednesday, their goal will be to avoid any sort of relegation scrap after securing safety on the final day of the campaign just gone, and they will fancy...
Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday can now begin planning for next season with the Premier League and Championship seasons now concluded aside from this weekend’s playoff final. The Blades have work aplenty to do after a disastrous campaign in the top flight, while the Owls will want to build on the work they did under Danny Rohl in the second part of the season. Wednesday will be aiming to avoid any sort of relegation battle, while Blades will be expecting at least a playoff push. In the...