Matt Grimes emerges as a target for Sheffield United – JackArmy.net

It was reported today that Matt Grimes is a transfer target for Sheffield United, who are gearing up for another season in the Championship after last relegation.

The Blades are back in the second tier of football just twelve months after leaving for a top-flight place, a place which saw them take a total of just sixteen points after recording just three wins in the season thirty eight matches.

A proposed takeover by an American Silicon Valley consortium is currently mooted and Alan Nixon (not always the most reliable source) has reported that they have targeted Grimes, along with Norwich Scotland international midfielder Kenny McLean, as two clear points for their transfer. activity.

Uncertainty over takeover has hampered some of their transfer activity this summer, but Chris Wilder has still managed to sign Jamie Shackleton and Sam McCallum following their departures from Leeds United and Norwich City so far. Keiffer Moore is expected to be added to these signings as he moves from Bournemouth, while Callum O’Hare is also expected to join at Bramall Lane.

Still, the ambitious swoop for two midfielders who are seen as key to their clubs would be a big statement of intent, although there will naturally be resistance from both clubs who currently hold the contracts for the two players.

Swans captain Grimes has over three hundred appearances for the club and has been first choice in midfield for several managers since our relegation from the Premier League in 2018. While he has more than his fair share of criticism at the club, he should not lose sight of the trust those managers have placed in him and if we choose to cash in then Luke Williams will need to be sure he has a replacement ready. This week’s signing of Gonçalo Franco could do that, but at the same time, fans are seeing a lot of them playing together, not the latter being a replacement for Grimes.

The other question comes whether Grimes would want to leave Swansea. His family is based here and he has always seemed like a player who values ​​that consistency in his home life as much as anything in his professional life. Of course there is always the possibility that money will turn anyone’s head and we know the Blades arrive in the Championship with a Premier League parachute payment in their pocket and a potential cash injection that a takeover could bring.

Grimes could very well have a look at a Swansea legend in any decision that needs to be made. Leon Britton’s move to Sheffield United in 2010 was short-lived and temporary, and the very nature of Blades football is substantially removed from the style attempted by successive managers in charge in SA1. Grimes has always praised the type of football that suits his style, and that will factor into any decision-making if it comes down to it.

It’s hard to know what the Swans would do if the Blades beat. As we know with our financial position, money really does talk, and Grimes turns twenty-nine tomorrow, which could lead us to make the decision that we need to maximize any transfer value and reinvest back into the squad. May be.

This whole position is one to watch closely – could the summer get a surprise departure after all?

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