Premier League money, finances, academy, Coulibaly: Your Sheffield United questions answered

Hello and welcome to this week's Yorkshire Live Sheffield United Q&A.

The Blades entertain Swansea tomorrow having extended their unbeaten run to seven matches with back-to-back draws at fifth-placed Huddersfield and at home to Hull in midweek.

Since Paul Heckingbottom was appointed in November, United have lost just once in the league and have shot from 17th in the table at the time of his appointment to eighth.

A top six place is now well within their grasp and victory at Bramall Lane on Saturday will strengthen those hopes.

Sheffield United fans have been submitting the questions they want answering this week, and they centre around finances and some of the club's younger players.

NH: "As a self-sustaining club, the key to that is being able to develop players. I'm pleased Yusuf has at least delivered that vision to the fans so that they fully understand their football club.

"Regarding ambition, Paul Heckingbottom has repeatedly explained that for players to be worth anything they have to be playing well and winning, so therefore the club still has to be ambitious otherwise they will not be successful as a club.

"Outside of the Premier League you can't be anything other than self sustaining. If you spend more than you earn you will end up like Derby, if you don't get promoted. It's as simple as that. There is not the income at this level to sustain that type of reckless approach.

"As for Bournemouth, they are owned by a mega-rich Russian businessman, Maxim Demin, who has invested £160m into the club.

"They also have a number of years of Premier League money behind them but the club also owes Demin around £130m in loans and he is reportedly looking to sell the club.

"I think it's sometimes easy to look at other