{"id":395477,"date":"2025-09-03T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/395477\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:52:12","slug":"former-gunner-returns-to-championship-with-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/395477\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gunner returns to Championship with Sheffield United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Former Arsenal academy defender Mark McGuinness signed for Sheffield United this week, with the Blades in desperate need of reinforcements.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgTPD7dX0AIUL5s-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mark McGuinness on his friendly debut for Arsenal against MK Dons (Photo via David Price on Twitter)\" class=\"wp-image-225110\" title=\"Former Gunner returns to Championship with Sheffield United 2\"\/>Photo via David Price on Twitter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sufc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/september\/01\/mark-mcguinness-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield United<\/a> announced the signing of former Gunner <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/mark-mcguinness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark McGuinness<\/a> on Monday, with McGuinness leaving Luton Town in a permanent transfer and signing a four-year contract with his new club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a bit of a crazy window and obviously things can happen late, but Sheffield United has been a club which has been in my mind ever since I heard that there was some interest,\u201d McGuinness said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one thing for sure, and you can ask anyone in the game, whenever people talk about Bramall Lane, they\u2019ll always mention the fans and the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember walking down the tunnel and you hear the music and the pre-match anthem; it\u2019s a great feeling. The stadium is always packed, it is a good atmosphere, and I know the club is well supported, so with all that in mind, I think this club is a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pmi_LTfc_20082024_01736.jpg\" alt=\"Mark McGuinness in training after signing for Luton Town (Photo via LutonTown.co.uk)\" class=\"wp-image-306869\" title=\"Former Gunner returns to Championship with Sheffield United 3\" \/>Photo via LutonTown.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only been a year since McGuinness\u2019 last transfer to join Luton, with the player leaving Cardiff City for a fee in the region of \u00a310m. Arsenal took \u00a32m of that through a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2024\/08\/arsenal-mcguinness-sell-on-clause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sell-on clause<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has played plenty of football since then, making 51 appearances for Luton. But with the club suffering relegation to the Championship, this transfer was McGuinness\u2019 chance to return to the English second tier immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, McGuinness joins Sheffield United in a similar situation, with the Blades rock bottom of the Championship after four games and four defeats. They certainly need their new signing to make a fast start.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"413\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-McGuinness.jpg\" alt=\"Mark McGuinness with Ireland (Photo by Stephen McCarthy \/ Sportsfile via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-231176\" title=\"Former Gunner returns to Championship with Sheffield United 4\" \/>Photo by Stephen McCarthy \/ Sportsfile via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United return from the international break with a match away to Ipswich Town, who have also struggled in 2025\/26 so far. The former Premier League side have three draws and one defeat in four matches, leaving them 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Both of the two clubs will be desperate to get their first win of the new campaign on September 12th.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Arsenal academy defender Mark McGuinness signed for Sheffield United this week, with the Blades in desperate need&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,35556,136699,1620,4239,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-395477","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-luton-town","12":"tag-mark-mcguinness","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-sheffield-united","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115142351413033229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395477","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=395477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}