{"id":540147,"date":"2020-01-10T15:06:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=540147"},"modified":"2020-01-10T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:06:32","slug":"richard-stearman-joins-huddersfield-free-transfer-from-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/01\/10\/richard-stearman-joins-huddersfield-free-transfer-from-sheffield-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Stearman Joins Huddersfield on a Free Transfer From Sheffield United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huddersfield Town<\/a> have made their second signing of the day. The Terriers have signed experienced defender Richard Stearman on a free transfer from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Huddersfield Sign Richard Stearman<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Another one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_stears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@the_stears<\/a> signs for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/htafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#htafc<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TerrierInbound?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TerrierInbound<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqbItQL0FR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sqbItQL0FR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Huddersfield Town (@htafc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/htafc\/status\/1215713417329168384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said<\/h3>\n<p>Huddersfield announced<a href=\"https:\/\/www.htafc.com\/news\/2020\/january\/transfer-richard-stearman-joins-from-sheff-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> via their website<\/a> they had signed the experienced defender. Stearman arrives as Danny Cowley\u2019s second January signing.<\/p>\n<p>He is an experienced head ready to steer Huddersfield clear of relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Huddersfield website, manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.htafc.com\/news\/2020\/january\/transfer-richard-stearman-joins-from-sheff-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Cowley said<\/a>: \u201cRichard brings experience and leadership qualities that will definitely add to our dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a key component of creating an outstanding culture at Sheffield United and he\u2019ll provide a fantastic example for our young professionals day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the pitch, he\u2019s positionally intelligent, physically robust and a great communicator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stearman could make his debut in the Yorkshire derby with Barnsley this weekend.<\/p>\n<h3>Sheffield United and Stearman Agreed to Mutually Parted Ways<\/h3>\n<p>Sheffield United have also confirmed Stearman\u2019s departure. In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sufc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/january\/stearman-departs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on their website<\/a>, the Blades confirmed: \u201cRichard Stearman has departed Bramall Lane after both parties agreed to mutually terminate his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agreement now allows the 32-year-old to join Championship club Huddersfield Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defender joined the Blades in 2017 but struggled to nail down a place under Chris Wilder making just 52 appearances during his time in Sheffield.<\/p>\n<h3>A Good Day For Huddersfield<\/h3>\n<p>Its been an excellent day in the transfer window for Huddersfield, gaining an experienced head to steady the defence and a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/01\/10\/emile-smith-rowe-joins-huddersfield-town-on-loan-from-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">talented forward ready to light up the Championship<\/a> in Emile Smith Rowe.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Cowley is slowly moulding a squad mixed with youth and experience. Stearman adds a dominating voice and presence in the defence.<\/p>\n<p>He could form an excellent partnership alongside Christopher Schlinder. Smith Rowe is raw talent ready to test himself in the Championship. Cowley has watched him for months and now he\u2019s got his man.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ngP9-iBwSrpUeoXpKilA2Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1198699532\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ngP9-iBwSrpUeoXpKilA2Q',sig:'hQ_5O7Zf-buKioWz6JBg4x18K1MmUAPApFq_pJmy8Ks=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1198699532',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huddersfield Town have made their second signing of the day. The Terriers have signed experienced defender Richard Stearman on a free transfer from Sheffield United. Huddersfield Sign Richard Stearman &nbsp; ? Another one&#8230; ? @the_stears signs for #htafc!#TerrierInbound pic.twitter.com\/sqbItQL0FR \u2014 Huddersfield Town (@htafc) January 10, 2020 What Was Said Huddersfield announced via their website they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3241,"featured_media":540151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1578690000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,32,1266,30,3,3839,28],"tags":[197,1080,40,4612,771,136],"class_list":["post-540147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-championship","category-league-football","category-huddersfield-town","category-news","category-premier-league","category-sheffield-united","category-transfers","tag-championship","tag-huddersfield-town","tag-premier-league","tag-richard-stearman","tag-sheffield-united","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}