Chris Wilder Reflects on Disappointing Season for Record Signing Rhian Brewster

Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images It’s fair to say things have not gone as the player or club would have hoped since Brewster joined Sheffield United. After crashing the top half of the table last season and even flirting with a finish in the European places for a time, it’s been a crushing fall back to earth for Sheffield United this season as the Blades slump towards certain relegation. After being seen as arguably Liverpool’s best youth prospect who wasn’t already in the first team picture last season, it’s been a similarly disappointing 2020-21 for Rhian Brewster following a big money move to join Sheffield last summer. When he joined Chris Wilder’s Blades for £23.5M—making him their record signing—there were big expectations. Now, over half way through the sea...