Sheffield United Fans must have a sinking feeling in their stomachs when it comes to the ongoing automatic promotion career in the Championship.
Indeed, Chris WilderThe blades have found recent games on the second unexpectedly complicated level, with three losses in the turn in the league, which results in United falling between the top two.
Now, a growing gap of five points has been formed between the side of the formulation and the Leeds United of Daniel Farke.
Even so, the second level is known for throwing many turns and turns. In the midst of all this talk about promotion, there has also been a rumor of transfer here and there, with the blades linked to an EFL interpreter in the central areas.
Sheffield United interested in a £ 15 million defender
Much of the transfer talk since January has surrounded the defender of the Queens Park Jimmy Dunne Rangers with reports in recent months suggesting The blades are interested in signing the center.
However, they can forget that movement looking at another central half that currently shines in the EFL.

According to the journalist Nixon in the fieldThe candidates for stutter promotion are interested in an agreement for the power of Sunderland Daniel Ballard.
Nixon elaborates that the black cats of regis bris would perhaps sanction an agreement so that their dominant center were if the blades coughed a rate around £ 15 million brandWith Wilder and Co something light in the department of the recoil center this season to date.
Described as a “warrior” By Tony Mowbray: Wilder wanted Targethas the potential to be equally shocking as Harrison Burrows with the former Peterborough United companion who led the championship football as a duck to water after greeting the League one.
How Ballard could be Burrows 2.0
Burrows justified this movement in a division with the Titans of South Yorkshire, with the posth product of the academy illuminating the third level by constantly putting vibrant attack screens on the left channel.
59 Objectives and assists It would be counted by burrows with Peterborough blue, and although he has had to deal with the hard step of quality, he has left the other end with great success.
In fact, after having changed an EFL club for another, as Ballard can do, he has told Five goals and three assists How to regulate this season in the League above.
On the other side of his excellent stay in Sunderland, Ballard has also shown that he has an eye for the goal, far from bravely going on his defensive duties, with his header above in 2023 one of Five goals The former Arsenal man has managed to intervene with 85 total appearances.
His powers have not decreased since this effort against Sheffield Wednesday, and the defender is often out of Le Bris’s XI due to injury problems instead of any remarkable fall in the form.
Ballard League numbers for Sunderland (24/25) |
|
---|---|
STAT (* = by game) |
BALARD |
Games played |
19 |
Scored goals |
2 |
Assistance |
1 |
Touches* |
47.5 |
Precise passes* |
33.3 (88%) |
Ball recovery* |
2.2 |
Authorizations* |
4.0 |
Total duels won* |
4.5 |
Games lost due to injuries |
26 |
Statistics by Sofas/Transfer market |
However, when he has been fit, the 25 -year -old has been one of the first names in the French team sheet, with Ballard a capable defender when it comes to his ability to play ball, but also his ability to get stuck and perform stubborn performances by winning 4.5 Duas per game this season in the League.
There would be a risk associated with this agreement taking into account its record of incomplete injuries, but if they were to get out of these recurring problems, it could be the next burrow of the club, since it is a formidable performance in defense that is also a threat of goal when necessary.
Without a doubt, Ballard would be even more inclined to exchange wearside for Yorkshire if Wilder’s men leave the championship, but unfortunately that could be an obstacle too steep to overcome if the recent results are something to happen.