Scott Twine, Daniel Ballard, transfers and finances: Your Sheffield United questions answered

Hello and welcome to this week's Yorkshire Live Sheffield United Q&A. The majority of Blades players reported back for pre-season this week and attention is now on preparations for the coming campaign.

The transfer window has also opened and United have been linked with a host of players. They are yet to see any new arrivals come through the door, but Oliver Burke is the subject of a move to Millwall.

The fixtures will be announced tomorrow morning and Paul Heckingbottom and his players will find out their opening day opponents as they look to get off to winning ways.

Sheffield United fans have been submitting the questions they want answering this week and they centre around transfers and finances.

NH: "The parachute payments have been set aside to take care of the Premier League hangover. Transfer fees are paid in instalments, there are some player contracts still reflective of their time in the top flight.

"This is not covered by Championship income alone. Parachute money is looking after that. The club can still buy players, they have a bid in at the moment for seven figures."

NH: "There is cash for signings and, as mentioned above, a bid has already gone in with a fee attached. A free agent has been approached also and offered terms, so United have made some moves without clearly waiting on departures.

"Frees also require signing-on fees, hence why they are free because the money goes to the player and not the club. You can sometimes sign a better player on loan than if you tried to sign permanently because you can spend more on his wages for one year. There is always cash for signings but fans think that unless it's a transfer fee there's no money involved.

"As a self-funding club it's about being smart with