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.