Blades focus on finding talent

Published date07 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Despite appearing certainties for relegation back to the second tier, the Blades have unearthed two more homegrown talents this season in Andre Brooks and Oliver Arblaster

Wilder says his hometown club will keep developing stars of the future and potentially sell them on to fund their next promotion push.

The United boss said: "One of the biggest things, over the last seven or eight years, and major funding was the sale of David Brooks to Bournemouth in 2018.

"We got him from Manchester City, where he fell through the net, and we scouted him and brought him in.

"He got sold for £12million and that funded our promotion push. The numbers we have got from sell-ons from the likes of Kyle Walker, Harry Maguire, Che Adams and Aaron Ramsdale are massive.

"That's an important...

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