Sheffield United handed potential Gus Hamer boost as Leeds United transfer stance emerges after milestone moment
Sheffield United handed potential transfer boost over Gus Hamer as Leeds United stance emerges after milestone moment
Sheffield United’s hopes of keeping hold of star man Gus Hamer this summer may have received another mini-boost as one of his former suitors moved onto other transfer targets. The Blades forward, who turned 29 yesterday, enters the final year of his Blades deal next week.
Historically that has been the trigger for the Blades to come to the negotiating table and accept a cut-price fee for one of their best players, the situation they encountered with Sander Berge, Iliman Ndiaye and Anel Ahmedhodzic in the last few years alone.
Hamer may well follow that path if a club meets the Blades’ asking price this summer, although hope remains that he will at least see out his contract at Bramall Lane and potentially depart as a free agent in a year’s time.
Boss Chris Wilder has repeatedly warned rival clubs that the Blades will not accept “two bob and a conker” for their prized assets this summer, with Sydie Peck and Andre Brooks also admired elsewhere.
But United’s vulnerability in terms of Hamer’s contract status has not gone unnoticed elsewhere. Turkish club Trabzonspor are confirmed admirers while, coser to home, Leeds United have also kept tabs on Hamer in the past.
But Leeds are currently pursuing other targets and are closing in on a free transfer move for Welsh international Harry Wilson as he prepares to leave Fulham.
Shea Charles, the former Wednesday loanee now at Southampton, is another player of interest for Leeds while Julian Brandt has also emerged as another target further up the pitch. Sources in West Yorkshire have reported that, as things stand, a move for Hamer is not on the cards.
Only time will tell whether that remains the case but the sight of at least one horse withdrawing from the race will only increase Unitedites’ hopes of keeping hold of their playmaker, who won the Championship player of the season award just over a year ago.
He was not at his best last term as United limped to 13th but still finished on 12 assists, almost twice as many as the next most creative player Callum O’Hare (six).