{"id":568096,"date":"2020-10-02T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568096"},"modified":"2020-10-03T04:41:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T08:41:45","slug":"sheffield-united-break-transfer-record-for-liverpools-rhian-brewster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/02\/sheffield-united-break-transfer-record-for-liverpools-rhian-brewster\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United Break Transfer Record for Liverpool&#8217;s Rhian Brewster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a> have completed the signing of Rhian Brewster for a club transfer record fee and becomes the club\u2019s seventh summer signing, on a five-year deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20-year old joins with a glowing reputation for a deal worth up to \u00a323.5 million and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> are set to retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause in the striker plus a buy-back clause that is valid for the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the buy-back clause, the Premier League champions are able to re-purchase the young forward for \u00a323.5 million at any time over the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Blades&#8217; move for the England youth international comes after failing to score in all Premier League fixtures this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several Premier League clubs had been chasing the signature of the U17 World Cup winner, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_self\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Rhian Brewster Signs for Sheffield United<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"cy\">Rhian Brewster, he\u2019s a Blade. \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3PMNZZfp4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3PMNZZfp4e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldUnited\/status\/1312069036071620609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Future Star<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brewster was impactful down in Wales with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/swansea-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Swansea City<\/a> as he scored ten goals during a six-month loan spell and helped the Swans reach the Championship play-offs on the final day of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite scoring in the first leg against Brentford, Brewster and his teammates failed to help overturn a first-leg defeat, and are yet to return to the Premier League since being relegated in the 2017\/2018 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Wilder previously broke his record signing in January when they <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/02\/08\/sander-berge-european-football-sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\">paid \u00a322 million<\/a> for Norwegian midfielder Sander Berge from Belgian side Genk.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Blades Lacking Up Front<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The signing of the young forward comes with Wilder having limited attacking options. French striker Lys Mousset is out injured while new signing Oli Burke yet to get off the mark after arriving in a swap deal involving Callum Robinson. David McGoldrick is not known to be an out and out striker and only scored twice in the whole of last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brewster, who won the Golden Boot at the U17 World Cup in 2017, was given limited opportunities at Anfield after suffering a serious ankle injury in January 2018 which ruled him out for an entire season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The striker is set to link up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/02\/england-u21-squad-announcement-japhet-tanganga-and-curtis-jones-get-first-call-ups\/\" target=\"_self\">U21 national side<\/a> after being called up to Aidy Boothroyd\u2019s squad and could potentially be fit to face his former club on 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> October. However, he will be unable to face <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> this weekend as he was not registered in time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rYyrK4qVTi53OhlDwseZSw\" 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\/1271764748\" 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:'rYyrK4qVTi53OhlDwseZSw',sig:'asluXS18RL7IOpszCBqfJHFnPi5S6vtP4vAH7_8JXJ0=',w:'594px',h:'450px',items:'1271764748',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>Sheffield United have completed the signing of Rhian Brewster for a club transfer record fee and becomes the club\u2019s seventh summer signing, on a five-year deal. 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