{"id":295946,"date":"2025-07-27T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295946\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:19:14","slug":"sheffield-united-chase-deal-for-9m-everton-starlet-who-steven-gerrard-loves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295946\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United chase deal for \u00a39m Everton starlet who Steven Gerrard loves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sheffield United have been very active in the transfer market this summer, and they are showing no signs of slowing down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/transfers\/most-expensive-sheffield-united-sales-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vini Souza\u2019s \u00a313m move to Wolfsburg<\/a>, finding new stars at Bramall Lane has been crucial, with promotion to the Premier League being the Blades\u2019 target after a heartbreaking end to the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/match-coverage\/tommy-watson-declares-himself-sunderland-legend-after-tough-couple-of-weeks-before-wembley-heroics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Watson\u2019s 95th minute Wembley winner for Sunderland<\/a> will still be on the minds of many in South Yorkshire, but there are fresh hopes for the future with <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/transfers\/sheffield-united-fans-swarm-social-media-to-welcome-new-signing-louie-barry-its-a-mega-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louie Barry now playing in red-and-white<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there is another Premier League youngster who Sheffield United are now keen on, and they are pursuing a loan deal for the midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United register interest in Everton\u2019s Tim Iroegbunam<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/transfers\/sheffield-united-set-15m-price-tag-on-key-player-who-is-well-liked-by-west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Cooper is the subject of interest from West Ham United<\/a>, but that is not putting the Blades off their own ventures this transfer window, with Tim Iroegbunam the latest player whom Ruben Selles likes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2205247479-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Iroegbunam of Everton reacts during the Premier League match between Everton FC and West Ham United FC\" class=\"wp-image-44199\" \/>Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/blades-keen-on-135001464?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_fan&amp;utm_content=web_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alan Nixon<\/a> has reported that Sheffield United are keen on a loan move for the midfielder who joined Everton last summer. He said: \u201cEverton midfielder Tim Iroegbunam is wanted on loan by Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Blades are looking in that market just now and are keen to land the classy Iroegbunam who joined the Toffees from Aston Villa a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIroegbunam has other admirers but a move to Bramall Lane may appeal to him even if it means dropping out of the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven Gerrard is a big fan of Tim Iroegbunam<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cyxx6p9zlreo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a>, Everton paid \u00a39m for the midfielder last summer, as he left Aston Villa to join the Toffees.<\/p>\n<p>At Villa, his potential was clear to see but he has not quite been able to take advantage of that so far, and his appearances have been sporadic.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s currently out in the USA with Everton for the Premier League Summer Series, but a move later on in the window for Iroegbunam could be on. If Sheffield United do complete a deal, then Steven Gerrard would give it the seal of approval, with the ex-Aston Villa boss a fan of the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1435117089-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Gerrard, Manager of Aston Villa looks on following defeat in the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-6437\" \/>Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He said in 2022 (via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/steven-gerrard-makes-promise-outstanding-23234347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birmingham Live<\/a>): \u201cHe\u2019s got a fantastic profile for a number six. He\u2019s a long project for us to work at. He\u2019s still very raw but he\u2019s got a lot of attributes that we like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim has got to work on his game, I went to watch him for the under-23s in the week, and he started a little bit slow and got sent off at the end but in the middle bit of the game he was outstanding and looked like a Premier League player.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United have been very active in the transfer market this summer, and they are showing no signs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,4239,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-295946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-sheffield-united","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114925402151274006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}