According to a Sunday Telegraph story by Alan Nixon, the Chilean international is eager to return to Bramall Lane this month.
The 25-year-old scored six goals in 14 Premier League games during his second half of the previous season while on loan at Sheffield United before rejoining his parent club, Villareal.
He hasn’t scored any goals at St. Mary’s since joining Southampton in the summer for over £7 million, though, and it now appears that he will return to the Championship on loan.
Southampton forward Ben Brereton Diaz set for Sheffield United loan move
According to Nixon’s Patreon, Southampton forward Brereton Diaz is getting closer to returning to Sheffield United on loan.
Despite the Saints’ poor Premier League performance thus far this season, the versatile forward is believed to have supported the idea of returning to Bramall Lane after seeing little opportunities at St. Mary’s.
Because it seems like both parties are interested in completing a temporary changeover this month, Nixon says that this could be a deal that could be finalized fast.
With Paul Onuachu, Adam Armstrong, and Cameron Archer in the center-forward positions, Southampton manager Ivan Juric has acknowledged that he will need to reduce his Saints roster in January. Brereton Diaz seems to have been mentioned as one player who may be let go.
According to The Star, Brereton Diaz’s acquisition is a top goal for Blades manager Chris Wilder this month as he looks to strengthen his attacking lineup.
Ben Brereton Diaz signing could provide Sheffield United with an extremely sharp cutting edge
Sheffield United have fielded one of the meanest and best defenses in the Championship so far this season, with Wilder’s side conceding 0.7 goals per match and have recorded 15 clean sheets from their opening 26 league games – per FotMob.
However, Gustavo Hamer is the club’s current top scorer with just six goals, whilst strikers Tyrese Campbell and Kieffer Moore both sit on five goals each respectively, whilst Rhian Brewster and Ryan One both have one.
Therefore, if there’s an area of Sheffield United’s squad that may need bolstering ahead of their big promotion push in the second half of the season, it may well be their attack.
Brereton Diaz is a striker who’s proven himself as having the ability to be a deadly marksman at Championship level, with his goals as a Blackburn Rovers player from a couple of seasons ago earning him a feared reputation across the second tier.
Should he be able to replicate his form in-front of goal from his final few seasons at Ewood Park, the Chilean could make all the difference when it comes to Sheffield United securing promotion back to the Premier League.
Having also shown he’s capable of finding the net in the top-flight as a Blades player, it could have the potential as being a loan deal that precedes a permanent switch to Bramall Lane in the summer depending on the respective league positions of United and Southampton.
Either way, capturing Brereton Diaz this month could be a masterstroke by Wilder, and it would no doubt send a very clear signal of intent by the Blades to the rest of their promotion rivals.
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