Do Sheffield United have an option to sign Rob Holding permanently?
Sheffield United put the loan market to good use in the winter, with Crystal Palace’s Rob Holding among those signed temporarily.
Sheffield United have been one of the Championship’s most active recruiters this season. It has been needed too, with SUFC seeing a whole host of players leave last summer.
Although relegation proved a blow to their ambitions for the future, the Blades needed to clear the deck and freshen up the squad. Arguably, relegation enabled such a large rebuild at Bramall Lane.
Permanent signings have been the focus to replace key players but the loan market has had fruit to bear for Chris Wilder too.
Among January’s temporary signings was Rob Holding, coming in from Premier League side Crystal Palace as a much-needed reinforcement at centre-back.
Do Sheffield United have an option to buy Rob Holding?
Holding has been well down the pecking order at Crystal Palace since signing, so a move to Sheffield United offered him a much-needed chance of returning to first-team football.
Competition has been strong for a place in Wilder’s side too though. While the former Arsenal defender has played in six of eight Championship games since signing, only one of them has been from the start.
