“The right call” – Sheffield United looking to secure 29-year-old’s service for 2022/23: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict’ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Sheffield United have confirmed their retained list at the conclusion of the 2021/22 campaign.

A number of players have moved on, including David McGoldrick, Lys Mousset and Luke Freeman. The club have also extended Ben Osborn and Jack Robinson’s deals.

In terms of Adam Davies, the club’s back-up goalkeeper, Sheffield United have offered the 29-year-old the chance to extend his stay at Bramall Lane, despite the fact he’s not featured yet since signing from Stoke City.

That’s largely down to Wes Foderingham’s form and brings us to whether or not Sheffield United are making the right decision looking to keep Davies around.

Our writers discuss:

Marcus Ally  

Definitely the right decision, it would be a missed opportunity if Davies leaves the Blades this summer.

Wes Foderingham has had an excellent season between the sticks at Bramall Lane and will continue to be a key player heading into next season.

The competition for places that Davies provides as a backup option has brought the best out of the former Rangers man and that could be diminished if Davies was allowed to leave.

The 29-year-old is a very competent first choice keeper in the second tier, if needed, therefore to have someone of his calibre as a number two, suggests that United are building a squad capable of pushing for promotion next season.

Foderingham enters the final year of his contract next season and so it is smart future planning to extend Davies’ deal, having a strong experienced figure in goal could be important as Paul Heckingbottom