HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND - MAY 04: Daniel Jebbison of Sheffield United looks on during the Sky Bet Championship between Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United at John Smith's Stadium on May 04, 2023 in Huddersfield, England. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

Sheffield United may have some huge contract news “in the next 72 hours”

With Sheffield United officially relegated from the Premier League they can now start to plan ahead ready for next season’s promotion push in the Championship.

The Blades will be looking at dozens of players to sign from now until the end of the summer, and they’ll be hoping they can quickly tie down some of their pending free agents as soon as possible.

Sheffield United have more than ten players out of contract at the end of the season. Chris Wilder has publicly mentioned that the club do have options on some of those. One of those we know is Ben Osborn, while Jayden Bogle is said to be another.

Chris Wilder on the contract situation at Sheffield United

Wilder mentioned in his Nottingham Forest pre-match press conference, “We’re taking up Ben Osborn’s option and there’s another three or four.”

“I’ve got a Zoom call meeting with the owner and the board tonight so we’ll cement that in terms of the options that have been taken up. That will come out through the club after the weekend.,” he added.

The likes of Wes Foderingham, Adam Davies, John Egan, Chris Basham, George Baldock, Max Lowe, Oliver Norwood and Oli McBurnie are also out of contract. As are academy products Jordan Amissah, Rhys Norrington-Davies and Daniel Jebbison.

Jebbison, the 20-year-old striker, has not kicked a ball this season due to a major health scare back in pre-season. The Canadian-born promising forward has been linked with Ipswich Town in the past few days. Nevertheless, Wilder is confident United can tie him down to a new deal.

“We’ve offered a really strong contract to [Jebbison],” the gaffer stated. “The vibe right the way through has been positive between myself, the family and Dan. We feel this is the best place for him to play his football but until we get that signature on the contract we just have to keep ploughing on.”

“Hopefully it’s something we can sign off in the next 48-72 hours,” Wilder exclaimed.

Sheffield United’s Canadian-born striker Daniel Jebbison (L) vies with Manchester City’s Swiss defender Manuel Akanji during the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Manchester City and Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium in north west London on April 22, 2023. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

The Blades can’t afford to let Daniel Jebbison leave

A section of the fanbase do not want to see Jebbison sign a new contract; they argue he hasn’t shown enough to warrant it, which is fair enough. But people often forget academy products can break out at different times.

Oliver Arblaster is a great example. He, like Daniel Jebbison and Will Osula, ripped other youth teams to shreds for the development squad. Arblaster has been able to break into the first team and take to Premier League football like a duck to water at 19 years of age. That doesn’t mean people should write off Jebbison at 20.

Iliman Ndiaye, arguably one of the most talented  players to ever wear the Blades shirt, it took him until he was 22-years-old to break into the Sheffield United first team, and look how that turned out.

The club cannot afford to let academy products go for nothing, otherwise in a couple of years time they could rue that moment and miss out on huge profit.

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  1. ‘Jebbison, the 20-year-old striker, has not kicked a ball this season due to a major health scare back in pre-season. The Canadian-born promising forward has been linked with Ipswich Town in the past few days. ‘
    Honestly, which newly promoted PL club would take on a 20 yr old who hasn’t played for well over a year?

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