Trusty, who spent last season on loan at Birmingham City, was unable to hide his excitement after completing this move.
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Sheffield United supporters will be eager to see their side maintain the form that helped them secure direct Premier League promotion from the Championship. In the 2022-23 season, Sheffield were impressive throughout the campaign. They were scoring goals for fun and had a pretty good defensive record. In the end, the Blades deservedly secured Premier League promotion by finishing second in the table.
Since then, they have been busy in this transfer window, as they are trying to build a side capable of competing at the highest level. It does not get more difficult than playing in the Premier League, where no games are easy. Therefore, it is not a surprise to see them being active in the window. The latest player Sheffield United have signed is United States international Auston Trusty from Arsenal. He has signed a four-year deal with the club.
Trusty, who spent last season on loan at Birmingham City, was unable to hide his excitement after completing this move. “I am more than excited. The opportunity to be here at this historic club, and an opportunity to play in the Premier League and show my ability, it is everything I could have ever dreamed of growing up as a kid. In Pennsylvania, this was a dream – almost an impossible dream but I believed in myself and the opportunity has come around, it is everything that I dreamed for,” Trusty was quoted as saying by the club’s website.
“It is crazy how quick things happen in football. I have just come back from a US tour with Arsenal and a couple of days later I am sitting here doing this interview. Things did happen very quick, but that’s how football works. I was really looking for an opportunity so as soon as it came about, things and details were ironed out. I am here, I wasn’t wasting any time. Everything is coming to fruition for me. I am in the right place at the right time and in the right mindset. Everything has come together how I dreamed it.”
Sheffield manager Paul Heckingbottom is convinced that Trusty has what it takes to do well in the Premier League. “I’m delighted we’ve managed to get this one over the line, it is one of the positions we’ve been looking to fill and it is with one our own, a permanent transfer rather than a loan. He is at a good age to progress, he has experience having played at international level and in the Championship last year, where we monitored him and he picked up Birmingham’s player of the year award. As a coaching team we feel that he has the athleticism and desire to succeed in the Premier League,” he stated.
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