{"id":366538,"date":"2025-08-23T06:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366538\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T06:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:06:35","slug":"sheffield-united-star-travels-to-london-to-undergo-medical-and-sign-for-qpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366538\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United star travels to London to undergo medical and sign for QPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ruben-Selles-QPR-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles, with QPR flag pictured in circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755929191_382_94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 22 August 2025 14:41, UK <\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United defender Rhys Norrington-Davies is travelling to London to complete a move to Queens Park Rangers, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A deal for the 26-year-old has been agreed between United and QPR, with the player set to undergo a medical at the London outfit\u2019s training ground.<\/p>\n<p>A full agreement is in place and once the formalities are complete, QPR are set to make the move official with a club announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Norrington-Davies made just five starts under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/chris-wilder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Wilder<\/a> last season and is keen to go on loan to play more first-team football in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back, who is also capable of playing at centre-back, has been targeted as an option to improve Julien Stephan\u2019s defensive options.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1410985363-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471300\" \/><strong>QPR line up defensive reinforcements after Norrington-Davies loan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Improving the back line has become a key target for Stephan in the closing stages of the transfer window, with a number of options on his radar.<\/p>\n<p>19-year-old Esquerdinha started the Rs\u2019 first game of the season, before he was replaced by Amadou Mbengue in the defeat to Watford.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>However, they are keen to add a more experienced option alongside their younger talents, with Norrington-Davies seen as an ideal addition on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> revealed on 19 August that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-qpr-and-oxford-united-make-moves-to-sign-rangers-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QPR want to sign Rangers defender Ben Davies<\/a> and are racing Oxford United for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Davies spent last season on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> where he started 40 games across all competitions as they achieved promotion from League One in a record-breaking season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Godfrey completes Blades move after Atalanta reveal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United are prepared to part ways with Norrington-Davies, who was on the fringe of their squad, following the signing of Ben Godfrey.<\/p>\n<p>The official announcement of his signing came after <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed on 6 August that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-sheffield-united-make-approach-to-sign-ben-godfrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United had made an offer for Godfrey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755929195_826_Ben-Godfrey-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Godfrey applauds supporters at Atalanta\" class=\"wp-image-635837\" \/>Ben Godfrey has arrived at Sheffield United. (Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old defender boasts over a century of Premier League appearances during spells with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a>, Norwich City, and recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ipswich Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since signing last summer, he has made just five appearances for Atalanta, being loaned to Ipswich during the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>For more Sheffield United and exclusive news, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insiderfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKxj144yltNlAd6Bd1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Fri 22 August 2025 14:41, UK Sheffield United defender Rhys Norrington-Davies is travelling to London to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,26212,35560,120443,1620,4239,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-366538","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-qpr","12":"tag-queens-park-rangers","13":"tag-rhys-norrington-davies","14":"tag-sheffield","15":"tag-sheffield-united","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115076583441561160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366538","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=366538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}