3 free agents Sheffield United should target this summer

Sheffield United appear a little hesitant to splash out on transfer fees in the upcoming summer window.

Paul Heckingbottom will need to utilise the loan and free agent market smartly to assemble a promotion pushing squad.

The Blades were a penalty shoot-out away from Wembley Stadium in the play-offs, losing out to eventual winners Nottingham Forest, and they certainly have a strong nucleus in the squad to build on this summer.

Heckingbottom switched up the formation and approach in and out of possession after replacing Slavisa Jokanovic in the dugout, to great success, but he will really earn his money in lifting the troops after their play-off defeat and building a capable squad again.

Sander Berge could be difficult to keep this summer, and the influential Morgan Gibbs-White will take some replacing.

Here, we have taken a look at three free agents the Blades should target this summer…

Josh Laurent

Josh Laurent should be high up on the list of the majority of Championship clubs this summer, and the Blades certainly have the resources to compete in terms of the wages they could offer the 27-year-old.

Ollie Norwood and John Fleck are still above average central midfielders for the level, but their best years are behind them and Laurent would beef up the middle of the park physically.

Michael Hector

Hector has been largely out of action for the last two seasons with Fulham, however he demonstrated his class in the second half of the 2019/20 season with the Cottagers.

The Jamaica international has struggled to settle anywhere since leaving Reading for Chelsea and he needs to choose wisely this summer.

The Blades deploy a back three, and unfortunately cannot rely on Jack O’Connell to recover and become a prominent figure