{"id":404025,"date":"2026-02-02T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404025\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:36:09","slug":"sheffield-united-to-beat-wrexham-derby-county-in-rangers-joe-rothwell-transfer-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield United to beat Wrexham & Derby County in Rangers, Joe Rothwell transfer race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield United are reportedly set to beat Wrexham and Derby County to the signing of Rangers midfielder Joe Rothwell.<\/p>\n

This is according to a report by The Star<\/a>, who have outlined that the Blades<\/a> are edging closer to their second arrival of the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n

It is believed the midfielder has had a medical penciled in, with Rothwell expected to make a return back to England after a six-month spell away.<\/p>\n

It also means Sheffield United<\/a> are on course to ease their current woes in the midfield department after losing out on Dan Neil earlier in the window to Ipswich Town<\/a>, with this impending arrival easing the burden on other senior options as Championship games continue to arrive thick and fast.<\/p>\n

Rothwell will be adding both Championship<\/a> experience and a winning mentality to the Yorkshire outfit after helping Southampton<\/a> to promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs in 2024, while he also has a promotion on his CV with Leeds United.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United set to beat Derby County and Wrexham to Joe Rothwell signing<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

According to The Star<\/a>, Sheffield United look to have fended off interest from the likes of Derby County<\/a> and Wrexham<\/a> to seal the signing of Rangers midfielder Joe Rothwell.<\/p>\n

It has been revealed that the move is advancing rapidly, with a medical scheduled as the midfielder prepares to return to England after a six-month spell away.<\/p>\n

Blades boss Chris Wilder has been a long-term admirer of the ex-Leeds United and Bournemouth man, and looks set to get his desired target to help add both freshness and increased quality levels in the engine room.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United were left disappointed earlier on in the window when Sunderland midfielder Dan Neil opted for a switch to Portman Road and Ipswich Town, but they are well-placed to add their second addition of the winter transfer window in an area that needed bolstering.<\/p>\n

Sheffield United’s expected capture of Joe Rothwell will ease pressure on other midfield options<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/p>\n

There’s no doubt that Sheffield United adding Joe Rothwell to the mix is a positive outcome, particularly with his previous pedigree in the second-tier and involvement in promotion-winning sides.<\/p>\n

His technical skills and quality on the ball is something Blades supporters can look forward to watching for the remainder of this campaign, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the incoming loanee cement himself as one of the first names on the teamsheet.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the addition of Rothwell will also help other options in midfield, including Oli Arblaster and Tom Davies.<\/p>\n

Arblaster is still working his way back to full fitness after a 13-month injury layoff, while Davies made back-to-back starts for the first time this season, unfortunately making way in the second half at The Den due to a hamstring complaint.<\/p>\n

The fact that the Blades have managed to fight off rigorous second-tier interest is a statement of intent, with optimism surely brewing that he can be the man to help push the Yorkshire outfit up the table and drag them into the play-off race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield United are reportedly set to beat Wrexham and Derby County to the signing of Rangers midfielder Joe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-404025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}