CONFIRMED Benie Traore leaves on Loan

[Gin&Juice]

Souza was always a good player. Poor decisions to play him along side Norwood hampered his natural game. Traore has shown nothing to imply he is a professional footballer. He’s right up there with that kid Southampton signed that they thought was George Weah’s cousin and were told he had played for PSG.

Shut up man hahaha

 

[Houston_Blade]

This is the kind of signing Neil Warnock made when he wanted more padding for his mattress.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Souza was always a good player. Poor decisions to play him along side Norwood hampered his natural game. Traore has shown nothing to imply he is a professional footballer. He’s right up there with that kid Southampton signed that they thought was George Weah’s cousin and were told he had played for PSG.

Early contender for worst take of 2024.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Nixon saying we sending him out on loan.

 

[ekke287]

A loan would be a great move, he needs to get regular minutes in a lower league to keep his eye in and develop as a player.

He was bought as a developer, let’s let him develop and not wrote him off after being thrown in the deep end.

 

[Bladey_blade]

A loan would be a great move, he needs to get regular minutes in a lower league to keep his eye in and develop as a player.

He was bought as a developer, let’s let him develop and not wrote him off after being thrown in the deep end.

Nantes one of the rumoured clubs after him, would be a good move

 

[mattbianco1]

Send him to Rotherham as part of the deal to sign Johannsen

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Option to buy for Nantes.

INFO OUEST-FRANCE. Bénie Traoré prêté par Sheffield au FC Nantes

Le FC Nantes renforce sa ligne d’attaque. L’ailier ivoirien Bénie Traoré, actuellement à Sheffield United, va être prêté six mois chez les Canaris.

www.ouest-france.fr

 

[Harry's Game]

Another waste of time signing

 

[bladesmanluke]

One less player in the squad for next season. Probably for the best seeing as we just have far too many bods next year

 

[RossingtonBlade]

Going Nantes on loan for the rest of the season with also an option to buy clause in the contract. His agent done him wonders because he’s a league 2 player. What a waste of money.

 

[JFK]

Good luck to him, but I don't think he's made for the prem.
As a side note, have we ever given a song to anyone less deserving?

 

[Wizard]

Fair enough. Seems like one of those "quick decisions" Wilder has made.

He's young and has some potential but hasn't shown that he can make an impact at this level or that we could rely on him to be a key player in the championship.

He's also someone we can probably get some decent money for so trying to offload him rather than putting time & effort into making it work is understandable. Sunk costs and all that

 

[RecordBreakers]

Head of recruitment an scouts want sacking!

 

[Sparky_Blade]

Head of recruitment an scouts want sacking!

We've been severely lacking in this department for years.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Head of recruitment an scouts want sacking!

Smells of a United world signing this one...

 

[Mouth of the South]

Utd obviously don't have luxury of being able to afford finished/proven players and therefore punts have to be taken - some may more, some won't.

However, you'd have to question the quality of scouting last summer - Larouci, Thomas, Traore, Davies and Slimane are (to date) all big misses with only Souza and Trusty anywhere near the required level. Archer and McAtee were already well known.

Given the low budget, it was critical that far more / all signings were hits and improved the side/squad to provide a chance of survival. Coupled with the decision to extend Fleck and Osborn, the squad is unfortunately woefully short on quality and it's no surprise Utd are rock bottom.

 

[RecordBreakers]

Smells of a United world signing this one...

Anel & Berge were apparently united world signings. Our recruitment needs seriously looking into.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Anel & Berge were apparently united world signings. Our recruitment needs seriously looking into.

Not sure I buy the Prince on the anel one. Jack Lester knew him from Nottingham Forrest spell was the story when he signed...

 

[HarryHaslam]

Smells of a United world signing this one...

Nope, Paul Mitchell signing as they all are.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Nope, Paul Mitchell signing as they all are.

The Prince just literally claimed yesterday Berge and anel were united world

 

[HarryHaslam]

Anel & Berge were apparently united world signings. Our recruitment needs seriously looking into.

No they weren’t, it’s our recruitment team finding and recommending players to the manager. I remember a Wilder interview after we signed Berge and he said he and Alan Knill had personally flown to watch Berge play several times after he was scouted by our team.

 

[HarryHaslam]

The Prince just literally claimed yesterday Berge and anel were united world

Not seen that what did he say? Because Wilder personally said him and Alan Knill had gone and watched Berge several times.

 

[bladesmanluke]

I would imagine it's a bit of both. United World suggest players and then Wilder/Knill and Mitchell have a look for themselves

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Not seen that what did he say? Because Wilder personally said him and Alan Knill had gone and watched Berge several times.

That United world was behind the Abel and Berge transfers.

Like you say though there is other conflicting information out there. Perhaps wilder sends Mitchell to check out recommendations who knows what happened in the Hecky era

 

[HarryHaslam]

That United world was behind the Abel and Berge transfers.

Like you say though there is other conflicting information out there. Perhaps wilder sends Mitchell to check out recommendations who knows what happened in the Hecky era

Paul Mitchell recommends all the players, that’s literally his job. He finds players through himself and his team of scouts. They watch them several times in person, watch all available videos on the players then will put together a dossier and video for the manager to look at and who will ultimately have the final say and on the strength of what Mitchell recommends, they on occasions will also go and watch them themselves before making a decision.

Here is Wilder saying he and Alan Knill had personally flown out on separate occasions and watched Berge.

Chris Wilder flew to watch Sander Berge in person before paying record £22m fee

Chris Wilder flew to Scandinavia to watch Sander Berge play live before Sheffield United paid a club record £22m fee for the midfielder.

www.sheffieldunited.news

Clearly a Wilder signing

 

[ancientblade]

i dont think we will see traore in a blades shirt again loan to nantes with them buying in the summer looks on the cards just got to move a other 7/8 on before next season kicks off now

 

[bertieblade]

intrigued to know whether the quoted figure of £4m purchase price is accurate and how much we have agreed as the value of the option for Nantes to purchase.
at the time when money was really tight this has to go down as one of the worst signings ever made

 

[FTPE]

Paul Mitchell recommends all the players, that’s literally his job. He finds players through himself and his team of scouts. They watch them several times in person, watch all available videos on the players then will put together a dossier and video for the manager to look at and who will ultimately have the final say and on the strength of what Mitchell recommends, they on occasions will also go and watch them themselves before making a decision.

Here is Wilder saying he and Alan Knill had personally flown out on separate occasions and watched Berge.

Chris Wilder flew to watch Sander Berge in person before paying record £22m fee

Chris Wilder flew to Scandinavia to watch Sander Berge play live before Sheffield United paid a club record £22m fee for the midfielder.

www.sheffieldunited.news

Clearly a Wilder signing

I remember all this Harry, but the Prince did say in the Ramble interview (when asked if we are seeing benefits from the United World) that those two were UW signings.
I completely agree with you, and the poster pointing out about Lester's past with Anel.

 

[TopBoy]

It could've been so different if he'd scored that one-on-one vs Forest in the first away game. His confidence would've been sky-high, and he'd be up there with Haaland for the golden boot winner.