As soon as Sheffield United missed out on automatic promotion following\u00a0a season-derailing run of four losses in five games, their supporters would have feared the worst heading into the play-offs amid their dire record in these dramatic four-team shootouts.<\/p>\n
The 2024\/25 campaign has been the season of broken hoodoos, with Spurs, Newcastle United ending their prolonged trophy droughts, while Crystal Palace won their first silverware, but the Blades<\/strong><\/a> did not follow the script in the play-offs.<\/p>\n No club has a worse record than the South Yorkshire outfit in the play-offs, with Saturday\u2019s heartbreaking last-minute loss to Sunderland their 10th failed attempt to gain promotion via the best, but most stressful, route and their fourth defeat in a final.<\/p>\n Even with the Championship clearly more fun than the Premier League for yo-yo clubs like Sheffield United, Chris Wilder<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s side will be reeling from this latest failure and the picture at Bramall Lane could become even more gloomy this summer if some of their standout talents are lured elsewhere.<\/p>\n Sheffield United\u2019s recent takeover and ongoing parachute payments soften the blow of missing out on record play-off final prize money<\/strong><\/a> and make sales less of a necessity than it was for Leeds United last summer, but certain players will attract interest so we have reassigned a Blades quintet worth \u00a397.5m combined to Premier League clubs\u2026<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ollie Arblaster to Brighton & Hove Albion (\u00a320m) The 21-year-old was a huge miss during the second half of the season, even with the impressive displays of fellow youngster Sydie Peck, and he should be raring to go at the start of the 2025\/26 campaign with his return from injury imminent.<\/p>\n That is, if the Blades manage to keep their prized asset. Arblaster\u2019s injury has reduced his chances of leaving this summer as his absence keeps him away from lascivious eyes, but he attracted serious interest from Brighton in 2024 with a view to a \u00a320m move and their precise approach to identifying transfer targets could ensure the starlet remains on their radar, regardless of his serious injury.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Championship play-off prize money: What was at stake for Sheffield United and Sunderland?<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Harrison Burrows to Crystal Palace (\u00a310m) A season with 12 goal involvements has seen his value (according to transfermarkt) rise to \u00a310m ahead of the summer window and he could become an option for Premier League clubs with wing-back formations certainly in fashion.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace are perhaps the best at utilising a 3-4-3 formation as they have put Manchester United to shame this season, and Burrows would be an affordable option to cover\/replace Tyrick Mitchell amid loose speculation linking him with a switch to Old Trafford.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n MORE CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n Michael Cooper to Leeds United (\u00a37.5m) Leeds probably would have broken the Championship\u2019s record points tally of 106 had Illan Meslier not cost them with several high-profile mistakes, while Cooper has a strong case to be the best goalkeeper in the second-tier 2024\/25, though Viktor Johansson would rightly say otherwise.<\/p>\n Former Plymouth Argyle \u2018keeper Cooper was another bargain at \u00a32m and transfermarkt are arguably not doing him justice with an updated valuation of \u00a37.5m. One of Leeds United\u2019s transfer priorities will be to sign a new goalkeeper to end their broken relationship with Meslier, and they could do worse than raid their rivals for their No.1.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Ten players Leeds United could sign as \u2018new Raphinha\u2019 to ensure Premier League survival<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Gustavo Hamer to Leeds United (\u00a330m) The ex-Coventry City standout could play against former teammate Viktor Gyokeres next season<\/strong> <\/a>as he\u2019s arguably the most likely of Sheffield United\u2019s top talents to move on this summer, with interest likely from across Europe.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The breakthrough of Arblaster was the main positive from Sheff Utd\u2019s last campaign in the Premier League and he was one of the Championship\u2019s stand-out performers<\/strong><\/a> before suffering a season-ending cruciate ligament injury in November.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>The Blades got themselves a bargain when they signed 22-year-old Burrows from Peterborough United for around \u00a32m as the attacking wing-back seamlessly transitioned from League One to the Championship.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Sheffield United came up short to Leeds United in the race for promotion, finishing 10 points behind the champions, but Wilder\u2019s side were certainly stronger than their Yorkshire rivals in the goalkeeping department.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>The Blades were fortunate to keep Hamer last summer as his performances in 2023\/24 warranted another season in the Premier League and he has starred for Wilder\u2019s team this term, with his 2024\/25 Championship Player of the Season award increasing his price tag to a reported \u00a330m.<\/p>\n