Sheffield United receive double fitness boost ahead of Arsenal clash
Ben Brereton Diaz and George Baldock have resumed full training, giving Sheffield United a double fitness boost ahead of their match against Arsenal on Monday at Bramall Lane. Both are anticipated to rejoin the team that plays the Gunners, providing manager Chris Wilder with some much-needed selection headaches.
Baldock hasn’t played since the Villareal team’s trip to Manchester City on December 30, and Brereton Diaz hasn’t played since the team’s 5-0 loss to Aston Villa at home on February 3. “They trained completely yesterday and today,” Wilder affirmed. “So delighted we’ve got both those experienced boys back with us and involved in the group.”
But there was less positive news on Cameron Archer, the former Aston Villa striker who hasn’t featured since scoring away at Luton after suffering a calf issue and won’t be available until the next international break, which begins earlier for the Blades after their trip to Manchester United originally scheduled for next month was rescheduled owing to the Red Devils’ progress to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
“There’s no timescale on him. He’s improving as you would do with treatment,” Wilder added on Archer. “I’m sure that he won’t be available before the international break, and I’ll be delighted if he is. With that changing and the Man United game being rescheduled it does give us another week to get the likes of Cameron right, Anis [Slimane, hamstring] right and a couple of others to help the squad and boost the squad even more for the last 10 games of the season.”
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