Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has made a new striker his top priority after sealing an £18.5 million deal for Bournemouth goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, according to the Star.
With a month remaining until the new Premier League season kicks off, the Blades boss has already ticked off one of his top summer targets.
Dean Henderson has returned to take David de Gea’s throne after two brilliant seasons on loan at Bramall Lane. But Sheffield United have acted quickly and aggressively to snap up a man who, on paper at least, looks like an ideal replacement.
At £18.5 million, the returning Ramsdale is now the second-biggest signing in the club’s history.
And, with Wilder making it clear that he has now set his sights on bringing a prolific goalscorer to the Steel City, Sheffield United will soon need to splash out another sizeable sum.
The Star claims that the former Northampton and Oxford boss has identified a lack of a clinical touch as a major problem facing a Blades side who, while confounding the critics to secure a top-half finish, netted just 39 times in 38 games last season.
Walfoot claimed earlier this week that Sheffield United are going head to head with Champions League quarter-finalists Atalanta for the £18 million-rated Club Brugge speedster Emmanuel Dennis.
La Voz de Almeria reported recently that Darwin Nunez, a Uruguayan hotshot in the Edinson Cavani mould, is also a target after a 16-goal debut season at Almeria.
Ollie Watkins of Brentford has been linked too, and he has an £18 million release clause in his contract (Mirror).
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