Cardiff City lose out in transfer race
Wednesday 21st December 2021
Football 24/7
Sheffield United have pipped Cardiff in the race to sign youngster Miguel Freckleton.
The 18-year-old defender from Bristol, currently plays for Southern League Division One South & West side Mangotsfield having been on the books of Bristol Rovers previously.
Freckleton spoke to Cardiff and Sheffield United but decided against staying down South where he lives and is from and has chosen a a fellow Championship club from the North.
It is understood the Sheffield club offered a better financial package.
December 1st 2021
Sheffield United and Cardiff City are chasing former Bristol Rovers academy player Miguel Freckleton.
The 18-year-old defender has impressed in non-league for Mangotsfield United, making eight appearances in the Southern League Division One South & West.
A Bristol lad, he was on Rovers' books as a midfielder as a youngster before leaving the club in his early teens.
Freckleton, now a centre-half, later joined South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) as part of the football programme led by Dave Hockaday, the former Leeds United and Forest Green Rovers manager.
And Bristol Live understands the players' development at SGS and Cossham Street has caught the eye of multiple clubs in the Football League pyramid, with the Blades and Bluebirds both battling for his signature.
Freckleton has played trial games for those clubs, with Sheffield United understood to be in pole position to sign the player, although Cardiff also fancy their chances after Freckleton came down to Cardiff and was shown around the club.
The left-footed centre-back impressed in a behind-closed-doors game with the Blades, holding his own against senior pros.
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