Sheff Utd (So Close) XI

[SiamBlade]

John Jensen

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Matty Cash
Alan Hudson

 

[Brother-Leech]

Wasn’t John fleck the origin of the fax machine joke, so much so that I’m sure he was played for United in one of the fifa games whilst at Coventry.

 

[dazzlingblade]

Never been, thought it was a bit "edgy"?

In the suburbs it is, but the main areas are lovely

 

[designblade]

Jerome Sinclair (is he still sat at Midland Station?)

Left football as a free agent after 22/23 season and now owns a fried chicken shop according to Wikipedia

 

[billyblademan]

Alan Judge. Blast from the past, he was the annoying Notts County midfielder when we were flailing around in League 1.

Anyhow, our esteemed former chairman told me at Stevenage train station that we were signing him. He moved to Brentford.

 

[sufc323]

Hoever

 

[JackSUFC]

Was Dan Burn actually close to signing or was the mega-thread just from a suggestion?

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Alan Judge. Blast from the past, he was the annoying Notts County midfielder when we were flailing around in League 1.

Anyhow, our esteemed former chairman told me at Stevenage train station that we were signing him. He moved to Brentford.

I'm not having that mcabe never lied.

 

[Pintor75]

DanBurn
Jed Walace
John Swift
Jebbison, although give it 72 hrs

 

[Nedski]

Stephen Warnock

 

[bonobo]

The Rumour Mill thread is 98 pages spread over going on for 10 years

Incoming? - Sam Morsy

Chesterfield fans anticipating the sale of Eoin Doyle to Bristol City in January have also mentioned Blades' interest in Morsy, who is a combative little midfield man signed on a Bosman free transfer from Port Vale, who certainly didn't want him to leave. Morsy was part of Chesterfield's...

www.s24su.com

I remember Wikipedia actually listed Sam Moray as a Sheffield United player for a few hours. I don't know if that shows how close the deal was, or if it was just some enterprising Blade managing to edit it.

 

[BrisBlade]

Dean Henderson (as a permanent).

Isak was seriously talked about I think.

Veron and Maradona are the ones that got away.

And if we can split him into his two namesakes, then Ronaldo Viera has to be near the top of the list.

 

[ShorehamRevolution]

Georgi Kinkladze

This rings a bell… !

 

[moody1889]

Ribery was linked with us

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

Didier Drogba according to Colin

 

[Silent Blade]

John Harris tried to sign Tommy Baldwin
Ken Furphy tried to sign Francis Lee
Jimmy Sirrel tried to sign Alan Hansen and Ian Wallace
Harry Haslam tried to sign Ossie Ardiles and Diego Maradona

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Tom Bott]

Maupay

Though he decided to go to Brighton for more pay.

 

[moody1889]

Who was the lad that was heavily linked on the same day as Jerome Sinclair? Was it Quina, perhaps?

Domingos Quina

 

[Pollingtonblade]

John Harris tried to sign Tommy Baldwin
Ken Furphy tried to sign Francis Lee
Jimmy Sirrel tried to sign Alan Hansen and Ian Wallace
Harry Haslam tried to sign Ossie Ardiles and Diego Maradona

Didn't porterfield want Ray Houghton and John Aldridge?

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Dave Bassett wanted Glyn Hodges in 1990 for the run in, we got Paul Wood instead

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Darwin Nunez linked forst ål season back

The Norwegian version?

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

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Yordan Letchkov?

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Hirst

 

[davidblade]

Antonee Robinson

 

[davidblade]

Ian Banks ex Dingles

 

[Aidan Murphy]

Jean Sebastian veron grew up dreaming of playing for the blades

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Lukas Podolski
Jason Koumas
Zoltan Gera
Robert Earnshaw
Neal Maupay
Matty Cash
Ollie Watkins
Devante Cole
Jerome Sinclair

 

[Guesty]

Jean Sebastian veron grew up dreaming of playing for the blades

Steve Heighway, as well.