Chris Wilder: Sheffield United hoping to make three more signings this month

By Stuart Rayner
Published 30th Jan 2020, 11:25 BST
Chris Wilder is hoping to make three signings in the last 48 hours of the transfer window.

Sheffield United are targeting Bayer Leverkusen central defender Panagiotis Retsos, Genk central midfielder Sander Berge and Changchun Yatai forward Richairo Zivkovic, and are believed to be close, with the first two players spotted in the city.

Retsos would be a loan move, Berge a club record signing.

Although Wilder was refusing to name names of confirm offers, he did say he is confident of completing three more deals.

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Chris Wilder is still hopeful of making three more Sheffield United signings in the windowChris Wilder is still hopeful of making three more Sheffield United signings in the window
Chris Wilder is still hopeful of making three more Sheffield United signings in the window

There could be further outgoings too, starting with Kean Bryan, but Wilder says he is surprised there has not yet been any interest in centre-forward Leon Clarke.

“I'm looking to get three over the line, and I'm confident we can do that, working away, it is tough of course and I wouldn’t expect to be any different,” said Wilder. “I shouldn’t be surprised that I’m getting up at the crack of dawn and going to bed in the early hours. You have to do that to make things happen and improve the club in the windows.”

Wilder has already signed free agent centre-back Jack Rodwell and Nottingham Forest defender Jack Robinson, but he is determined not to stand still after a start to the season which has confounded expectations.

“It's important to strengthen when we're going well,” said Wilder, whose team are eighth in their first season back in the Premier League. “We are going well, and we want to push on and add to the group, we're working away on deals within our budget to strengthen the group.”