MATTHEW Spring has vowed to repay Sheffield United for resurrecting his Champion-ship career by propelling the club towards promotion.
Spring, who last week became Kevin Blackwell's sixth close-season signing when he agreed a long-term loan from Luton Town, was facing the unenviable prospect of battle for League Two survival before reviving his partnership with the United manager.
Blackwell, who has previously worked with the 28-year-old at Leeds and Kenilworth Road, believes Spring will emerge as a driving force behind Bramall Lane's push for the Premier League.
Blackwell happy to avoid injuries: MATCH REPORT AND SLIDESHOWAfter making his United debut as a second-half substitute at Huddersfield on Saturday, Spring told The Star: "My main aim is simple - to score goals and plenty of them.
"That and getting us up of course.
"There's no doubt we can do it and that we should be aiming as high as we can; not just to get into the play-offs.
"My future is still a bit up in the air because I'm here only on a temporary basis.
"Hopefully if I do well then that won't be the case and we can get something sorted."
Blackwell dismissed his team's 2-1 defeat at The Galpharm Stadium as a temporary blip, and his priority this week is to prepare United for their televised fixture at Birmingham City in five days time.
But he could find his preparations for the trip to St Andrews overshadowed by reports that West Bromwich Albion are preparing a £2 million bid for Michael Tonge.
The former England under-21 international, one of United's youth system's most successful graduates, is understood to have attracted interest from Wigan Athletic earlier this summer with officials at the JJB Stadium believed to have been ready to offer cash plus players in return for his signature.
However, Blackwell is more concerned with strengthening rather than dismantling his squad at such a critical stage and has again refused to rule out more new arrivals.
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