Sheffield United star on transfer watch by Rangers and Celtic - reports

There is a lot of thinking to be done over the make-up of Sheffield United’s squad for next season.

The Blades find themselves with a number of players coming into the final year of their contracts and there is going to have to be a balance found with regard to another rebuild that is needed following the shanbles of last summer’s recruitment.

Gus Hamer is one that clubs across Europe have been keeping an eye on, while reports in Scotland have suggested that one of the Blades’ strikers is wanted by both of the Old Firm.

Rangers and Celtic are reported by Daily Record to be interested in taking Tyrese Campbell north of the border having both shown interest in the former Stoke City striker before he moved to Bramall Lane and apparently again in January.

The two clubs, Wednesday now managed by former Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl and against whom Campbell scored in the Sheffield derby, have struggled for goals this season and find themselves behind Hearts in the race for the Scottish Premiership crown.

Not since 1985, when Aberdeen took the title, has a team outside of the Glasgow big two won the top flight and it has led to much soul-searching among both clubs around their recruitment for next season.

Campbell’s form this season has not matched that of the last campaign when his move on a free from the Potteries became one of the transfers of the summer.

The 26 year-old scored 11 league goals in 36 appearances but has registered just six this time around. A double against Wednesday in November was hoped to be the springboard for a return to form, but Campbell has scored just once since then, that coming against QPR in late February.

United go into next season without parachute payments but lacking in a number of key areas of the squad so with money likely to be tight, decisions are going to have to be made, particularly around players whose contracts are running out and still retain some value in selling on.

Chris Wilder has already acknowledged the situation around Campbell and Hamer, saying recently: “We have to come to a decision with Gus and Tyrese, because they’re in the last 18 months of their deals as well. So talks with them.

“But there has to be enthusiasm from other clubs for the boys' services as well, so ongoing stuff that can go either way. What I'm seeing at the moment, and what I demand of everybody, is a committed group.

“We don't get the results and get the performances that we have if we're not committed. So Ty and Gus are with us for 18 months, and I demand and expect committed performances. And they’re producing.”

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