Blades Bid For Bantam

Last updated : 11 March 2004 By @blades_mad1889

"We have made a bid for him," said Warnock. "I see him as a similar sort of signing to Andy Gray in that when we bring players in permanently now we are looking for them to be part of the future of this club."

Though other clubs including Sunderland are chasing the highly rated defender Sheffield United are to win this war on that fact that Francis relatives lives in nearby Nottingham.