Sheffield United transfer rumours: Crystal Palace eye Blades raid as West Ham target Blackburn Rovers striker

Jurgen Klopp’s men will arrive in South Yorkshire in a distant sixth place after an inconsistent title defence blighted by injury to key men and a loss of form to others just months after romping to their first title win since 1990.

Indeed, Blades boss Chris Wilder says his relationship with Jurgen Klopp is “absolutely fine” after the Sheffield United manager inadvertently became embroiled in a war of words with the Liverpool manager earlier in the season over the five substitute debate.

Wilder had suggested that Klopp was only looking out for Liverpool’s own interests when he advocated a return for the five-substitutes rule earlier in the season

And ahead of the meeting between United and Liverpool at Anfield, which sees two out-of-form clubs do battle at Bramall Lane, the subject was raised in United’s pre-match press conference.

“The relationship is absolutely fine,” Wilder said.

“I’ve got nothing but admiration for Jurgen, he’s a top class manager. People talk and if I was precious about what people said.

“He’s a winner, we all try to win and he’s done that in incredible fashion. In the heat of the moment… if it was personal I didn’t take it personal.

“I’ve moved on, I’ve got enough on to worry about stuff like that and it’s way down the pecking order for me.”

But what about transfers?

Here, we take a look at the rest of the transfer talk from Sheffield United and their Premier League rivals: