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Player to look out for: Che Adams (Sheffield United)

Fact File:

Team: Sheff Utd 

Age: 19

Nation: England

Position: Striker

Teams Played For: Ilkeston, Sheffield United

Current Market Value: £35,000

Che Adams is a young exciting striker who unfortunately is currently playing for the Dee Dahs. He joined United from Ilkeston in 2014, for an undisclosed fee, said to be six figures. While at the non-league side he scored nine goals in sixteen games. An impressive goals return for a 17 year old, even if it was at non-league. Adams was sought after by teams from league two to the premier league, including Newcastle, Sunderland and Burnley. Che was well known in his time at Ilkeston, but he really made his name in the league cup semi-final against Tottenham on 28 January 2015, which was only his third ever senior professional performance. 74 minutes in Nigel Clough brought on Adams for Jamal Campbell Ryce. In the space of five minutes he scored twice, his first ever professional goals, leveling the aggregate score back at 2-2. His goals would have taken the game to extra time if Cristian Eriksen hadn't scored in the 88th minute making it 3-2 on aggregate. 

Adams has enjoyed a decent pre-season for the blades, racking up a tally of four goals. Two of these goals came against Macclesfield Town, one was a late winner away against Exeter City, and the other came against former team Ilkeston, the only goal in a 1-0 win for United. 

Currently Adams is attracting interest from many teams around the country, mainly from Championship side Cardiff. Adams is likely to line up alongside United striker partner Billy Sharp, who recently signed from Yorkshire rivals Leeds, for a sum of £500,000

Adams is skillful, strong and a lethal finisher when given the chance, and with the potential he has, he is sure to cause problems for many defenses in the future. He is clearly a part of Sheffield United's plans for this season, as manager Nigel Adkins issued a 'Hands off warning' to teams monitoring Adams in the transfer market, on Thursday night. Adkins said to The Star newspaper 'Che is still a young lad and we are really looking forward to the future he's got here with Sheffield United'. He also said 'He's had an excellent pre-season with us and we've got to keep on top of him because he's still got lots to learn. He can finish and he has got the strength to manipulate situations. Now what we've got to do is work with Che to make him a better player, which we will. Like I say, Che has got a big future here with us.'

So you heard it here first! Next year he could be one of United's main men. Keep an eye out for him, and also on my blog as tomorrow i will give you another hot prospect to look out for in League One this season.