It will always take something significant to convince any team to part with a key player on deadline day, and it seems that’s why Leeds United floundered with late interest in the Sheffield United defender, John Egan.
The Blades are currently top of the Championship and appear well-placed to push for a return to the top flight, while reports quote their manager Paul Heckingbottom as saying the potential move was absolutely impossible.
The 29-year-old was a key figure in Sheffield United’s impressive 2019/20 campaign and clearly has the quality to play in the Premier League, but it seems a potential £13m fee just wasn’t enough this late in the day. .
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Egan has captained the team several times this season and replacing him on deadline day would have been a tall order but Leeds United could have done it with some reinforcements at the back due to bad luck with injuries to some of their players. .
It is also unlikely that Egan’s position changed in the winter window, so he appears to be dead in the water.
