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BBC News
6 days ago
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Selles' style of play 'suits me to a tee'
Sheffield United defender Femi Seriki has said new head coach Ruben Selles' style of football "suits me to a tee".The 22-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough year at Bramall Lane under former boss Chris Wilder last season, making 27 appearances and competing with Hamza Choudhury and Alfie Gilchrist as the club's first choice under Selles, Seriki believes he can take his game to another level."It's definitely a different style of play, a lot of intensity, a lot of running and a lot of pressing but it's good, I'm enjoying it," he told BBC Radio Sheffield."It's been tough but it's been good. I'd say it suits me to a tee. "Me, Harrison [Burrows], Sam [McCallum], the other Sam [Curtis] - full-backs being on the front foot. I'm enjoying it."For us, it's about knowing when to press, when to get to a man and then obviously shuffling as a back four, making sure we're not leaving ourselves too exposed and get the right timing."
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Midfielder Soumare on Selles' radar
Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles has confirmed the club are interested in signing defensive midfielder Djibril Soumare from Portuguese side Braga. The 22-year-old spent last season on loan at fellow Portuguese top-flight side Nacional and has appeared four times for Senegal's under-23 team. "We are looking for a player in that position as a [number] six," Selles told BBC Radio Sheffield. "Djibril has been a name [mentioned], we have analysed him and I think he is a player who can suit our style, yes."
BBC News
6 days ago
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- BBC News
Midfielder Soumare on Selles' radar
Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles has confirmed the club are interested in signing defensive midfielder Djibril Soumare from Portuguese side 22-year-old spent last season on loan at fellow Portuguese top-flight side Nacional and has appeared four times for Senegal's under-23 team."We are looking for a player in that position as a [number] six," Selles told BBC Radio Sheffield."Djibril has been a name [mentioned], we have analysed him and I think he is a player who can suit our style, yes."
BBC News
23-07-2025
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The Blades have changed - is it enough?
Sheffield United are at a transition point in their history. There is a new transfer methodology, a new manager, and a new style of the appointment of Ruben Selles, the new-ish board asked for patience. But things have altered at Sheffield United and patience is a rare commodity in football is a theme either from the terraces, phone in callers, podcasters and bloggers that achieving 92 points last season wasn't enough. Literally, as it turned out, and longer happy to enjoy the ride, some – insert your own percentage of the fan base – wanted more substance and more style. Is it entitlement? No. Arrogance? Not in my opinion. A sign of the progression the club had made? Yes, reminds me of an irate caller to our post match phone in, Praise or Grumble, who said: "We should be beating teams like this?" Me: "You did".The call took place minutes after Chris Wilder's side had earned a narrow 1-0 win at Luton, a side also relegated from the Premier League in 2024 and on their way to a second fans have become accustomed to success, relatively speaking, in the past nine have not finished lower than fifth in the Championship table in the past six years; that heady run also includes three seasons in the Premier League and a brief flirtation with the idea of European a far cry from 2016 when they finished 11th in League One, their lowest finish in 33 years. It leads me to a discussion point on Football Heaven this week: Did the Blades 'fail' by not going up? In the zero sum game that football is, yes, but it came after one mad, winless week in April and 20 mad minutes at Wembley against Sunderland. Plus the extraordinary seasons of centurions Leeds and a Blades caller who called this week, said: "I think 92 points for that squad is pretty much par for the course." The caller's rational dissection of last season failed to acknowledge until prompted the difficulties in squad building of the previous summer and the lack of depth that didn't arrive until the January, at which point the Blades were that leads me back to Selles, who has taken a job with no real margin for my opinion he's made a good start, if pre-season is any gauge at all. When 'on it' there is an intensity about their play, they press higher up the pitch, and there is a fluidity of movement in attack that's been good to watch. It's not yet judgeable as better or worse, but different. And it's concerns persists for many about who may be sold from last seasons squad and whether the new, computer driven, recruitment model will find adequate replacements should it be required. Achieving promotion, with a perception of 'style' under the watchful eyes of an increasingly expectant fan base is Selles biggest challenge yet.
BBC News
22-07-2025
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Sheff Utd sign Aston Villa forward Barry on loan
Sheffield United have signed Aston Villa forward Louie Barry on a season-long loan 22-year-old played under Blades boss Ruben Selles in an injury-curtailed loan spell with Hull City last started the 2024-25 campaign on loan in League One with Stockport and scored 15 goals in 23 league games for the Hatters."The first time I had conversations about it, I just couldn't wait to come here," he told the club website., external"The season is three weeks away, and I know we have a couple of friendlies before, but I am just buzzing to get started."Barry is the Championship side's second signing of the day after teenage Septemvri Sofia defender Anton Polendakov joined for an undisclosed 18-year-old has represented Bulgaria up to Under-21 Blades have not revealed the length of contract Polendakov has signed.
