Sheffield United: Lys Mousset demands attention but this Blades player deserves more

What happens on the pitch, separated from the stands by an expanse of claret carpet, can make the actual match action feel incidental.

But in Lys Mousset, Sheffield United have acquired a player who simply demands attention. Be it by driving his Lamborghini sports car or, as happened on Saturday afternoon, producing superb finishes which decide the outcome of Premier League games.

The Frenchman's strike at West Ham, who appeared to be edging towards victory thanks to Robert Snodgrass' first-half effort, was reward for a combative if not entirely convincing performance from the visitors. It also, following his match-winning effort against Arsenal five days earlier, confirmed Mousset does not simply possess pace and raw, unadulterated power. He is equipped with a high level of technical expertise too.

"Lys came on and he gives us that explosiveness up top," his colleague Enda Stevens said. And I thought he took his goal really well.

"He is going to be a real threat for us this season, they all are. We have got great strikers. Each and every single one of them play their part."

As Stevens pointed-out, United have accumulated a variety of different attacking options since being promoted last season. Billy Sharp is a poacher, David McGoldrick a creator while new arrivals Callum Robinson and Oli McBurnie provide industry and work rate. But for the time being at least, it is Mousset who is dominating the headlines having initially, following his sumer move from AFC Bournemouth, been something of a slow-burner.