Sheffield United: Wolverhampton Wanderers receive a gentle reminder about why Morgan Gibbs-White is best left at Bramall Lane
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Gibbs-White is scheduled to spend the rest of the season at Bramall Lane after arriving on loan in August.
The agreement contains a break clause which can be triggered by his parent club in January and although the general consensus is that Wolves do not plan to exercise it, United have yet to receive official confirmation about their stance on the 21-year-old.
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Hide AdSpeaking ahead of his team’s game against Queens Park Rangers on Monday, which is expected to see Gibbs-White make his 15th appearance in a United shirt, manager Paul Heckingbottom acknowledged that strategies “can change” at a moment’s notice; particularly in the event of an injury crisis.
Given the England under-21 international’s performances since moving to South Yorkshire, there is a feeling Heckingbottom’s counterpart Bruno Lage and Scott Sellars, who is monitoring the player’s progress on behalf of the Portuguese, are minded to let him fulfil his obligations to United.
But if the mood music changes, Heckingbottom and his coaching staff are expected to explain the steps they will take to help Gibbs-White continue enhancing his skill set in order to try and prompt a rethink.
“Morgan loves football and that’s a massive compliment in my eyes,” Heckingbottom told journalists earlier this week. “Wolves haven’t given any indication yet, no.
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