CONFIRMED Luke Freeman

[Beans]

If it IS £5m plus add-ons, that would make it a club record signing. Interesting that no-one - Sky, Wilder, reporters - has mentioned that... suggests that it's either NOT a club record fee (so <£4m), or we have something bigger basically confirmed...

 

[BladeInIreland]

It'll be just like the Egan and Norwood deals, the rags love to quote the top offer including all the potential add-ons, turned out that we got both for less than was reliably quoted at the time.

Wasn’t Egan an initial 750k?

 

[A Storm of Blades]

New transfer record then? Albeit for (hopefully) a short amount of time

 

[Yoonited]

It has indeed changed on SSN to £5m plus add ons.

FFS, United.

It has indeed changed on SSN to £5m plus add ons.

FFS, United.

Why would it matter? It isn't coming out of your pocket is it?.If Wilder and the club think he is value,surely that's what counts. In wilder we trust. UTB

 

[fireblade]

Luke Freeman at 9am today £3 Million

Luke Freeman at 10am today £5 Million

Wilder hasn't even done a single training session with him and his value is soaring. Can see him being snapped up by Man U for £50 Million after our return from Portugal.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Could be a great week this, Freeman ticks a lot of boxes and with the strong links to McBurnie & Maupay we could be sitting pretty.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Luke Freeman at 9am today £3 Million

Luke Freeman at 10am today £5 Million

Wilder hasn't even done a single training session with him and his value is soaring. Can see him being snapped up by Man U for £50 Million after our return from Portugal.

Best be getting on with it then I reckon

 

[Kev Gee]

£5m is peanuts in today's market. That's half a Jordan Rhodes.,......

Bargain!!

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

It has indeed changed on SSN to £5m plus add ons.

FFS, United.

Aye
The 'additional' 2 million will be Uncle Kev's cut (allegedly)

 

[Booker4]

We'll probably never know the exact fee on deals in this era. I personally think every club should be made to release transfer deals say a year after the transfer has gone through - then there's no argument from clubs that might argue that they're disadvantaged because everyone knows how much money a club has just earned from a deal.

Whatever Freeman has cost, you can rest assured with the way we do our business that we got the best deal we could and ultimately what a player we've got in my view. I remember, as many will, how he took us to the cleaners when at Stevenage but thankfully we had Chris Porter!

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Wilder seems to speak of £3.75m being “our transfer fee” in a conversation where he drifts between Prem and Championship differences on the market. Unclear whether he’s referring to our overall spend last year (surely not) or the Freeman fee (hopefully so).

Football Heaven - Wilder: Freeman 'one of the top performers in the Championship' - BBC Sounds

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Luke Freeman and making the most of his budget.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

4?

 

[Booker4]

Wilder seems to speak of £3.75m being “our transfer fee” in a conversation where he drifts between Prem and Championship differences on the market. Unclear whether he’s referring to our overall spend last year (surely not) or the Freeman fee (hopefully so).

Football Heaven - Wilder: Freeman 'one of the top performers in the Championship' - BBC Sounds

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Luke Freeman and making the most of his budget.

www.bbc.co.uk

I would guess that's referring to Egan, Loughborough. I can't see Wilder being so specific on a transfer that's just happened or about to happen.

 

[Macfarlane21]

Wilder seems to speak of £3.75m being “our transfer fee” in a conversation where he drifts between Prem and Championship differences on the market. Unclear whether he’s referring to our overall spend last year (surely not) or the Freeman fee (hopefully so).

Football Heaven - Wilder: Freeman 'one of the top performers in the Championship' - BBC Sounds

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Luke Freeman and making the most of his budget.

www.bbc.co.uk

I think he's definitely referring to Freeman. Absolute bargain ⚔

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Not disputing that Freemans not a good player, but is he good enough for the premier league?
He was in a struggling QPR side for a reason, only time will tell I suppose hope Wilder has pulled one out for bag for a relatively small fee at premier league level.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Listened again as was on the move first time round. The key bit on that is from 4.12 onwards...

“...we’re in a group of possibly two, you see what Villa have done, and then you look at ourselves and Norwich will be doing this summer, we can’t compete with the likes of them and clubs that have been there 2,3,4 years like Brighton what they’ve done, Bournemouth you look at the numbers they paid last year and what they’re paying this year...and Wolves are a different one when they came up...Fulham are a different one...and clubs that have been in the PL on merit and are able to go to the next level in terms of wages and transfer fees, and our transfer fee still stands at £3.75m. When you look at likes of Leicester paying £8m for a full back, and Villa paying...etc”

Blimey– THE FREEMAN TRANSFER FEE IS £3.75 MILLION!

Football Heaven - Wilder: Freeman 'one of the top performers in the Championship' - BBC Sounds

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Luke Freeman and making the most of his budget.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BigBed]

Currently having a medical at Shirecliffe

 

[s4-blade]

Not disputing that Freemans not a good player, but is he good enough for the premier league?
He was in a struggling QPR side for a reason, only time will tell I suppose hope Wilder has pulled one out for bag for a relatively small fee at premier league level.

He kept that struggling QPR side up single-handedly

 

[BigBed]

 

[S64 Blade]

Not disputing that Freemans not a good player, but is he good enough for the premier league?
He was in a struggling QPR side for a reason, only time will tell I suppose hope Wilder has pulled one out for bag for a relatively small fee at premier league level.

We had plenty of good players when we have been crap who have moved on to another, better club and done well.

 

[Tom Smith]

Listened again as was on the move first time round. The key bit on that is from 4.12 onwards...

“...we’re in a group of possibly two, you see what Villa have done, and then you look at ourselves and Norwich will be doing this summer, we can’t compete with the likes of them and clubs that have been there 2,3,4 years like Brighton what they’ve done, Bournemouth you look at the numbers they paid last year and what they’re paying this year...and Wolves are a different one when they came up...Fulham are a different one...and clubs that have been in the PL on merit and are able to go to the next level in terms of wages and transfer fees, and our transfer fee still stands at £3.75m. When you look at likes of Leicester paying £8m for a full back, and Villa paying...etc”

Blimey– THE FREEMAN TRANSFER FEE IS £3.75 MILLION!

Football Heaven - Wilder: Freeman 'one of the top performers in the Championship' - BBC Sounds

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder on Luke Freeman and making the most of his budget.

www.bbc.co.uk

I would say he’s referring to our current record transfer fee which is Egan at 3.75m

 

[Hilly]

Currently having a medical at Shirecliffe

Nobody has their medical at Shirecliffe BB. The top building has got worse facilities than a Victorian workhouse!

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I would say he’s referring to our current record transfer fee which is Egan at 3.75m

I know that we made a song and dance about it last summer, but Beattie is our club record fee I believe in terms of what we actually paid (£4m, which used to be on the club website). We potentially have paid more through add-ons for the Egan deal already that may have pushed it past the £4m mark. He doesn’t mention Egan in that section, so it would be an odd thing to just say without any context – the more I listen to that section, the more it feels like he’s revealed the Freeman fee.

 

[LJBlade]

I know that we made a song and dance about it last summer, but Beattie is our club record fee I believe in terms of what we actually paid (£4m, which used to be on the club website). We potentially have paid more through add-ons for the Egan deal already that may have pushed it past the £4m mark. He doesn’t mention Egan in that section, so it would be an odd thing to just say without any context – the more I listen to that section, the more it feels like he’s revealed the Freeman fee.

Sounds to me like he’s referring to the Egan fee but who knows.

 

[LondonBlade89]

Not disputing that Freemans not a good player, but is he good enough for the premier league?
He was in a struggling QPR side for a reason, only time will tell I suppose hope Wilder has pulled one out for bag for a relatively small fee at premier league level.

And what's that reason? 'cos he wasn't good enough to play for a better Championship club? We certainly tried to get him this time last year.

 

[Th!stledo]

Not disputing that Freemans not a good player, but is he good enough for the premier league?
He was in a struggling QPR side for a reason, only time will tell I suppose hope Wilder has pulled one out for bag for a relatively small fee at premier league level.

The United side Harry Maguire played in wasn't pulling any trees up in the First Division?

 

[Blade58]

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"Told reports of £3m + add-ons are not accurate"

Good! £2m + add-ons it is then

 

[tomtheblade]

Agents Hate Him!
Chris Wilder REVEALS this one neat trick for getting GREAT PLAYERS on the CHEAP!
You won't BELIEVE who he signed next!!!

 

[Antonb]

Ehh

 

[s4-blade]

Nobody has their medical at Shirecliffe BB. The top building has got worse facilities than a Victorian workhouse!

Yes they do