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DITHERING BLADES IN NEED OF FRESH FACES – AND FAST…

by
The LeaguePaper Team
22 August 2021

SHEFFIELD United will not remain in the Championship relegation zone for long, but a slow start was always on the cards.
The Blades lost 29 games last term, an unwanted landmark never surpassed in Premier League history. Relegation was a formality by Christmas.
A team hammered so frequently and brutally cannot simply begin the next season - even in a lower division - with the same squad of players and expect to thrive.
Yet that is exactly what the Blades did. Until Ben Davies arrived on loan from Liverpool this week, not a single new signing had bolstered United’s ranks.
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