Liverpool have confirmed that midfielder Ben Davies has left the club to join Sheffield United on loan for the 2021/22 season.
Davies joined the Reds in the late winter of 2021 transfer window in the midst of their injury crisis, but has yet to even make a competitive appearance for the club.
Ben Davies has joined @SheffieldUnited on loan for the 2021-22 season.
All the best for the campaign, @ BenDavies1108?
– Liverpool FC (@LFC) 16 August 2021
He now joins the Blades, which were relegated to the championship at the end of last season after a gloomy Premier League campaign.
Slavisa Jokanovic’s side will hope that Davies’ signing will give them the edge in the race for promotion. Sheffield United have retained most of their core from last year, with the only notable departures being John Lundstrams and Phil Jagielkas, although they have not yet made any permanent signings in this window.
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has been strongly linked with a move to Arsenal, but talks have slowed down in the past week. Norwegian midfielder Sander Berge also gets his eyes on other sides, but no one has pulled the trigger on him so far.
Much hope rests on the record signing Rhian Brewster, who himself joined from Liverpool for a club record of 23.5 million pounds. The striker did not register a single goal last season, only opened his Blades account in the EFL Cup last week.
New boss Jokanovic is known as a specialist in getting teams promoted from the championship, leading Watford and Fulham to the Premier League during his just two of his three full seasons as second-in-line. But his attempts to bring Sheffield United back to the top flight have not started well – they lost their opening match of the season at home to Birmingham, before being held to a goalless draw by Swansea on Saturday.
