{"id":358969,"date":"2025-08-20T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358969\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:30:20","slug":"blades-cool-interest-in-ipswichs-luke-woolfenden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358969\/","title":{"rendered":"Blades cool interest in Ipswich&#8217;s Luke Woolfenden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> have cooled their interest in <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a> defender Luke Woolfenden since January, as detailed in a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twtd.co.uk\/ipswich-town-news\/50128\/town-reject-coventry-woolfenden-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWTD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> considered a swoop for the centre-back last winter. However, a switch to SUFC didn\u2019t materialise for the player in the end and he stayed put at Portman Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-376787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-09T180500Z_835330631_UP1EL891E8AU5_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-SHU-BRC-900x630.jpg\" alt=\"SUFC - Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles\" width=\"900\" height=\"630\"  \/>Image courtesy of: CRAIG BROUGH\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n<p>Woolfenden, 26, is under contract at <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a> until the summer of 2027 meaning he still has two years left to run down in Suffolk. He has been on the books of his current club for his whole career to date.<\/p>\n<p>In this latest update regarding his situation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twtd.co.uk\/ipswich-town-news\/50128\/town-reject-coventry-woolfenden-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWTD<\/a>, the Blades are no longer eyeing a move for him. The report adds that <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/coventry-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Coventry City<\/a> have had a bid rejected for him, whilst <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/stoke-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoke City<\/a> are also admirers.<\/p>\n<p>The Tractor Boys handed him a new deal earlier this year. At the time, he told their official club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itfc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/january\/31\/luke-woolfenden-signs-new-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m proud of what I have achieved at the Club and I\u2019m so pleased to have signed a new deal. The last two years have been amazing. I\u2019m just loving every minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleclothing.co.uk\/s\/dcfd13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 328px; height: 300px; display: block; margin: 0 auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/simple-300_2x_5554643d-ebad-450c-ab3b-01eb175e7196.jpg\" alt=\"Simple Clothing\" width=\"328\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> have until the end of the window to bring in <a href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/2025\/08\/20\/sheffield-united-keen-on-red-bull-salzburg-kamil-piatkowski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some more new faces<\/a>. The deadline is on Monday 1st September at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> update regarding <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a>\u2019s Luke Woolfenden<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> could have seen Woolfenden in the last window as someone to boost their defensive department. SUFC have since swapped managers from Chris Wilder to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sufc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/june\/18\/ruben-is-our-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Selles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades ended up getting Rob Holding on loan from Crystal Palace instead. They lost in the play-off final to <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-363189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-10-18T190219Z_1880378071_UP1EKAI1GVTO8_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-LEE-SHU-900x621.jpg\" alt=\"SUFC - Sheffield United team huddle\" width=\"900\" height=\"621\"  \/>Image courtesy of: JASON CAIRNDUFF\/REUTERS.<\/p>\n<p>Selles could now do with another option to pick from at the back. He has lost Anel Ahmedhodzic and has a big void to fill in that position.<\/p>\n<p>Woolfenden appears to be settled at <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a> though. They are aiming for an immediate return from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/championship\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> to the Premier League under Kieran McKenna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Woolfenden\u2019s career stats via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/luke-woolfenden\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/527425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfermarkt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What now for <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a>\u2019s stance on Woolfenden at <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a> could alert the attention of other suitors like <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/coventry-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Coventry City<\/a> and <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/stoke-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoke City<\/a>. SUFC appear to be looking at other targets.<\/p>\n<p>Selles may start to feel the pressure already after three defeats in a row in all competitions. They lost 4-1 on the opening day to <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/bristol-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol City<\/a> before they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> City.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades lost 1-0 away at <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/swansea-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Swansea City<\/a> last time out in the league. They are back in action on Saturday against <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/category\/millwall\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Millwall<\/a> at Bramall Lane as they go in search of their first three points under their new head coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0WN4bhXoXI\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the72.co.uk\/2025\/08\/20\/sheffield-united-keen-on-red-bull-salzburg-kamil-piatkowski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United keen on 25-year-old along with Watford<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United have cooled their interest in Ipswich Town defender Luke Woolfenden since January, as detailed in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,126301,126302,9030,40163,71307,126303,126304,393,4884,1926,35020,126305,126306,14888,126307,126308,126309,126310,1620,4239,11840,108181,108182,35559,74089,126311,126312,108183,108184,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-358969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-ccfc","10":"tag-ccfc-news","11":"tag-championship","12":"tag-coventry-city","13":"tag-coventry-city-fc","14":"tag-coventry-city-fc-news","15":"tag-coventry-city-news","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-great-britain","18":"tag-ipswich-town","19":"tag-ipswich-town-fc","20":"tag-ipswich-town-fc-news","21":"tag-ipswich-town-news","22":"tag-itfc","23":"tag-itfc-news","24":"tag-luke-woolfenden","25":"tag-scfc","26":"tag-scfc-news","27":"tag-sheffield","28":"tag-sheffield-united","29":"tag-sheffield-united-fc","30":"tag-sheffield-united-fc-news","31":"tag-sheffield-united-news","32":"tag-stoke-city","33":"tag-stoke-city-fc","34":"tag-stoke-city-fc-news","35":"tag-stoke-city-news","36":"tag-sufc","37":"tag-sufc-news","38":"tag-uk","39":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115060161119236826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358969","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=358969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}