I would put Burroughs in the same category as Allen and Latibeaudiere. Squad players who can cover multiple positions but wouldn’t want them playing too many games next season.
Simms will be first choice, if he can’t play Wright will play down the middle. Don’t think we’re going to get a ‘proven’ striker at this level who’s happy to be 3rd choice.
Despite a few good cameos at the end of the season I think it’s best for both parties if he finds a new club now. I would imagine there would be a lot of league 1 clubs interested.
Sheaf will be worth twice as much now as he would next summer, if Eccles has another good season in sheaf’s absence we could be getting a similar fee for him next summer.
So we’d lose sheaf and Eccles in consecutive years. Not to mention sheaf will be 27 with a year left on his contract, you wouldn’t get anything near the mentioned 15-20 million. This is the summer to sell sheaf.
United could do a lot worse than Sheaf, even though their fans can’t comprehend big Man United shopping in the championship. They’ll probably sign amrabat for the same money.