SHEFFIELD UNITED boss Paul Heckingbottom is willing to wait and hope he can bring back James McAtee on loan from Manchester City.
McAtee, dubbed the Salford Silva, looked to have played his last game for Blades after a loan spell that led to promotion.
Man City have been looking to find the midfielder, 20, a top-half Premier League or Bundesliga side but Heckingbottom refuses to give up on his pursuit.
Blades also face an anxious wait to do a deal for 24-year-old Lewis O’Brien, with Nottingham Forest worried about helping a bottom-half rival.
MLS side DC United want to extend O’Brien’s loan until the end of the year.
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Sheffield United have also offered a deal to Ivory Coast Under-23 attacker Benie Traore, 20, and hope to agree a £5million fee with Swedish side Hacken.
Blades think they can land the player for around £1m a year.
There is currently much speculation surrounding a potential takeover at Bramall Lane.
But when asked about the possibility of new owners, Heckingbottom said: "Imagine if we waited and waited and hoped that someone buys the club and then that didn’t happen?
"We’re going to work within the finances we have been given, until something changes. We’d be foolish not to do that.
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"Everyone is excited about the players we are looking at and the league we’re going into.
"Everything else, away from that, is nothing to do with me, with us or with the players.
"So we’ll just focus on our work, what we can control, until we are told anything different."
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