Injury blow forces Sheffield United into the transfer market for another position
Sheffield United have been dealt an injury blow which has forced them into the transfer market
Femi Seriki’s knee injury, picked up against Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday night, is serious enough for Sheffield United to go back into the transfer market.
The Blades don’t have an abundance of cover at right back and Matt Doherty is still feeling his way back in having not played consistently over the past couple of seasons.
Jamie Shackleton can also play there but his injury record is poor since moving from Leeds United.
With Ben Brereton-Diaz brought in to fill the gap left behind by Gus Hamer’s departure, the priority had then been another central defender.
However, with Seriki expected to be out for a considerable time, United are now in the market for a right-back with highly sought-after Cody Drameh from Hull City linked the Blades on Thursday.
Reports suggest that Stoke City, Preston and Millwall are among a number of teams keeping an eye on the former Leeds United man, though it has also been stated that his preference is to stay at Hull.
Blades boss Chris Wilder admitted that of the new players he’s hoping to bring in before Tuesday’s deadline, one is as a result of Seriki’s unfortunate injury.
“Femi's took a bang to his knee,” Wilder said. “So that's a disappointing one for us. So we've had the scan results back. It's not as bad as what we first thought, but he's obviously going to miss some football and he could miss a bit more really.
So we're in the dark a little bit on that. So that's a position that we need to cover. We've got Matt Doherty there, who played really well on Tuesday night, not played a lot of football.
So for him to get 60-odd minutes there, but I think we needed to cover ourselves in that position. And hopefully we can do with the player that we're looking to bring in.”