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Jimmy from Blades Ramble does not want to see Harrison Burrows sold to Trabzonspor this winter window

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Sheffield United have been urged to reject a potential £5m follow-up bid for Harrison Burrows, but the club ‘have to be realistic’ regarding what the future may hold if they don't get promoted this season.

The 24-year-old left-back, who earns an estimated weekly salary of £12.5k-a-week, was the subject of a rejected £3.5m bid from Turkish outfit Trabzonspor.

Sky Sports, who revealed that transfer offer, also believe that the Super Lig side are preparing another offer in the region of the aforementioned £5m mark.

As expected, the transfer situation involving Burrows has sparked debate among Blades fans about whether the full-back should be sold or retained.

Sheffield United told not to sell "peak-market" Harrison Burrows to Trabzonspor

FLW spoke to Jimmy from Blades Ramble to get his thoughts on the matter, who is adamant the club should not sell Burrows this January window, but admits that every player has 'a price.'

"I don’t want to sell Harrison Burrows," Jimmy told FLW. "He was in the EFL Team of the Season last year, he was a regular on the left-hand side, and we know what he can do.

The Fan Pundit continued by saying, "He’s a good, young prospect, he is peak-market in terms of young and English, so he gets the ‘English tax’ attached to his name in terms of his valuation, or he certainly should do if we’re going by previous trends."

Burrows’ progression from Peterborough United's League One captain, where he won three end of season awards in 23/24, to becoming the best in his position in the Championship is obviously still too good to dismiss.

Yet this season has been very different to what both him and the club would’ve expected, which goes on to speak about. "There’s a very good player in there. I’m not sure what his end level will be, whether he’ll turn out to be a Premier League quality left-back.

"He’s been poor this season, it has to be said, but I still believe that there’s a real player in there and he adds value to our squad," Jimmy continued.

Blades' troubled start under Ruben Selles saw the left-back's form dip a lot, and whilst Chris Wilder's arrival steadied the ship, Burrows has continued to struggle for consistency.

He has made 24 Championship appearances this season, starting 13 times, and has registered a single goal and two assists. The stats paint a picture of a player out of sorts in comparison to last season - and the emergence of Sam McCallum as a reliable alternative has only heightened the pressure on Burrows to rediscover his best form.

Harrison Burrows may "have to" get sold if Sheffield United don't get promoted this season

Wilder has been keen to point out that Burrows remains important to his current plans. "I don't want to lose any players," the United manager told the Sheffield Star when asked about the Trabzonspor bid, adding "but understanding that if something does come, and everyone thinks it's right from a financial point of view...but I'm trying to build, and Harrison has been a part of that."

For Jimmy, the main factor in this is the timing and the price on offer. Even though he believes Burrows should remain at Sheffield United, he understands how modern football works when it comes to transfers like this.

"I wouldn’t want to sell, but we have to be realistic. There’s a price for every single player, and if we don’t get promoted this season then we’ll have to sell - and Burrows will be one asset that we'll have to consider selling," the Fan Pundit said.

However, January is not the time for Burrows to depart, with Jimmy concluding, "But I wouldn’t be selling him in January no, because we’ll just have to go out and replace him."

Ultimately, finding a suitable replacement for a player who was literally the best in the Championship last season is hard, but doing it mid-season would surely be even harder.

Yes, the Turkish side may appeal to Burrows as a move that offers European football, given that they currently sit third in the Super Lig, but it might be silly for Blades to sell a player of his long-term potential this month for figures that fall well short of his true worth when in-form, as Jimmy suggests.