“Makes me smile and proud” – Billy Sharp sends message to supporters after new Sheffield United deal announced

This morning Sheffield United announced that top scorer Billy Sharp has signed a new contract which keeps him at the club for another year. 

Sharp has been back with his boyhood club since 2015 and has since made over 250 appearances for the Blades.

Despite having missed a run of games recently due to an injury, Sharp remains his club’s top scorer this season with 15 goals to his name and he’s also registered seven assists.

After his new contract was announced, Sharp took to Twitter to send a message to the supporters as he said: “Opportunity to keep scoring for this club makes me smile and proud.”

Opportunity to keep scoring for this club makes me smile and proud