{"id":574240,"date":"2020-12-09T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T21:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=574240"},"modified":"2020-12-09T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T21:36:19","slug":"rhys-norrington-davies-agrees-new-deal-with-parent-club-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/09\/rhys-norrington-davies-agrees-new-deal-with-parent-club-sheffield-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhys Norrington-Davies Agrees New Deal With Parent Club Sheffield United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ca76b087\/Rhys-Norrington-Davies\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhys Norrington-Davies<\/a> has agreed a new deal with parent club <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a>, signing a long-term contract until 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh defender is currently on loan with Championship side Luton Town, enjoying an excellent first half of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Sheffield United Defender Rhys Norrington-Davies Signs New Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>Reward for Gradual Progression<\/h3>\n<p>The 21-year-old Welsh international, who was born in Saudi Arabia, has been rewarded for his gradual progression and impressive development through the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Norrington-Davies has spent the past three seasons out on loan. He first joined Barrow on loan during the 2018\/19 season, making 28 appearances for the now League Two side.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of his displays, the Welshmen then made the jump up to League One, joining Rochdale on a season-long loan. While his season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic, he made 34 appearances in all competitions, scoring just the once.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old continued his rise up the pyramid, joining Luton Town on a season-long loan before the start of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Norrington-Davies will now be hoping that he can continue to impress for the Hatters during the rest of the season. Impressive displays may earn him a starting berth when he returns to Bramall Lane next year.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking about his new deal to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sufc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/december\/New-deal-for-Rhys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Sheffield United website<\/a>, the young defender said: &#8220;It&#8217;s been a long time coming, but I&#8217;m over the moon to commit my future to the Blades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad to be rewarded having gone out on-loan into the Championship this season and play at senior level for Wales too. My long-term focus is coming back to Bramall Lane and playing for Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the standard is good in the second tier, I&#8217;m enjoying my football in what has been a hectic few months and to play plenty of games has been fantastic. There is definitely more to come from me and I&#8217;m determined to keep improving this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The senior call up and winning my first cap for Wales came sooner than expected but it was a proud moment for myself and my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"SBh_NXjvQptNsoNYMShvJQ\" 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\/1229342151\" 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:'SBh_NXjvQptNsoNYMShvJQ',sig:'hIgarQ54asFfxooRiO66A1LYhAfO-rUMBQu_OdC-Wdc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1229342151',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>Rhys Norrington-Davies has agreed a new deal with parent club Sheffield United, signing a long-term contract until 2024. The Welsh defender is currently on loan with Championship side Luton Town, enjoying an excellent first half of the season. Sheffield United Defender Rhys Norrington-Davies Signs New Deal Reward for Gradual Progression The 21-year-old Welsh international, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":574247,"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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,3,3839],"tags":[168,1354,40,6557,771,136],"class_list":["post-574240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league","category-sheffield-united","tag-efl","tag-luton-town","tag-premier-league","tag-rhys-norrington-davies","tag-sheffield-united","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574240","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\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}