{"id":480365,"date":"2025-10-07T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480365\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:20:28","slug":"sheffield-united-and-two-others-are-perfect-as-nuno-tipped-to-sanction-west-ham-defender-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480365\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United and two others are perfect as Nuno tipped to sanction West Ham defender loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nuno-Sheffield-United-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nuno Espirito Santo similing at Sheffield United badge in circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" 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\/06\/IMG_1475-2.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Kyrenia Shipillis\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Tue 7 October 2025 11:06, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuno Espirito Santo will be hoping to give one player the best chance to develop their game over the coming months. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/news\/nuno-espirito-santo-told-hed-be-off-his-head-if-he-does-this-at-west-ham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Potter was replaced by Nuno<\/a> after a horrid start to the Premier League season. <\/p>\n<p>While it is still early days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/matchday\/west-ham-player-ratings-vs-arsenal-4-10-awful-aaron-wan-bissaka-shining-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno has not fared much better in the Premier League<\/a>, with West Ham holding two goals to Arsenal in their most recent game. <\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno<\/a> will no doubt look to propel his side towards positive change in the coming months, which should look different to the Potter era in both tactics and personnel. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-Insets-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nuno Espirito Santo applauds West Ham fans with smile after draw vs Everton\" class=\"wp-image-155598\" \/>Credit: ImagoSheffield United <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/statstactics\/mccoist-and-stelling-love-what-happened-with-ollie-scarles-in-west-ham-win-v-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ollie Scarles seized the chance to become a West Ham starter<\/a> after Potter tested him in the first team.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nuno has now entrusted summer signing El Hadji Malick Diouf to take the reins at left back, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/exclusives\/nuno-espirito-santo-to-sanction-ollie-scarles-exit-as-likely-destination-revealed-at-west-ham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarles now tipped to head to the Championship on loan<\/a> in January. <\/p>\n<p>Scarles and Sheffield United could be a match made in heaven, with the Championship club currently bottom of the table. <\/p>\n<p>The Blades have been one of the worst defensive sides in the second division this season, keeping just one clean sheet in nine games according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/team\/football\/sheffield-united\/15#tab:statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sofascore<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Sheffield United have made four errors leading to a shot and two leading to a goal in the league<\/li>\n<li>The Blades concede almost two goals per game<\/li>\n<li>They commit 13 fouls per game <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Head coach Chris Wilder has committed to playing his fullbacks higher up the pitch to facilitate attacking plays. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/El-Hadji-Malick-Diouf-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"El Hadji Malick Diouf for West Ham in pre-season.\" class=\"wp-image-151130\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Scarles has been urged to develop his attacking game. This could end up as a win-win situation with the fullback providing defensive solidity while also expanding his attacking approach. <\/p>\n<p>Norwich City <\/p>\n<p>Norwich City are currently sitting 19th in the Championship, having won just two games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Kellen Fisher is Liam Manning\u2019s starting left back, making eight appearances in the league this season. <\/p>\n<p>However, the 21-year-old\u2019s primary position is at right back and has started for his club on the left for various tactical and injury reasons. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ollie-scarles-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Oliver Scarles claps the fans\" class=\"wp-image-142682\" \/>Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the Canaries are crying out for an established left back to slot in their four-man defence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhamzone.com\/tag\/ollie-scarles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarles<\/a> could be the answer to their defensive woes. <\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday <\/p>\n<p>Just nine games into the Championship season, and it is abundantly clear that Sheffield Wednesday needs to attempt something new in defence.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the Owls have kept one clean sheet thus far, holding five to Coventry in their latest league defeat. <\/p>\n<p>Left-back Liam Palmer was a sight for sore eyes during the defeat, losing possession 13 times for his side. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Palmer won none of his aerial duels against Coventry<\/li>\n<li>He made just one tackle throughout the game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, Sheffield Wednesday are in need of greater defensive stability and Scarles could be the right man for the job. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong>\u00a0Stay connected with all the latest West Ham United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/westhamzone247\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@westhamzone247<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Tue 7 October 2025 11:06, UK Nuno Espirito Santo will be hoping to give one player&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,28844,96217,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-480365","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-nuno-espirito-santo","12":"tag-ollie-scarles","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115332857659633350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480365","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=480365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}