Arsenal cult hero seals late deadline day transfer to end nightmare at new club

Former Arsenal centre-back Rob Holding has hardly played immoderate shot since leaving the nine for Crystal Palace successful 2023 but present has a accidental to acceptable things right

Rob Holding has ended his Crystal Palace nightmare by completing a deadline time determination to Sheffield United.

Former Arsenal centre-back Holding joined Palace successful the summertime of 2023 but has been astir wholly retired of the first-team representation since Oliver Glasner took implicit arsenic manager. In 18 months astatine Selhurst Park, helium has played conscionable 1 Carabao Cup game, lone making the matchday squad doubly since Glasner's accomplishment successful January 2024.

"It's been a agelong time but it is good worthy it, I'm blessed to beryllium here," Holding told nine media aft joining the Blades. He's 1 of respective caller additions nether Chris Wilder, with Tom Cannon joining permanently from Leicester and Southampton guardant Ben Brereton Diaz returning to Bramall Lane connected loan.

"I had a speedy connection with the gaffer and I'm excited with the task he's got going connected here, it is simply a bully situation to beryllium in," the caller defender added. "It is simply a caller start, I'm looking for a spot of consistency with games and spot what happens successful the 2nd fractional of the season."

Holding played much than 150 times for Arsenal aft joining from Bolton successful 2016, winning the FA Cup successful 2020. After hardly playing astatine his existent genitor club, though, helium has joined promotion-chasing Sheffield United aft injured centre-back Harry Souttar returned to Leicester.

The 29-year-old past featured successful a matchday squad for Palace successful August, arsenic an unused sub against West Ham. His lack since past hasn't been afloat explained, though BBC Sport reported successful the autumn that a disagreement with Glasner aft that lucifer was to blame.

"Rob is grooming individually astatine the moment," Glasner said successful aboriginal September. "We volition speech unneurotic – helium knows the reason. But it is thing that stays betwixt Rob and me. Nothing public."

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It was a engaged deadline time for Wilder's side, who beryllium 2nd successful the Championship aft 30 games. Peruvian winger Jefferson Caceres joined from Melgar, with Nigerian youngster Christian Nwachukwu completing a imperishable determination from Bulgarian outfit Botev Plovdiv.

"We've been airy successful the cardinal antiaircraft country ever since Harry Souttar's injury, truthful we're delighted to adhd Rob, a subordinate who has played the crippled astatine the highest level for a fig of years," manager Wilder said of the Holding deal. "It is the past remaining portion of the jigsaw and whilst we person had to hold until deadline time to get this 1 boxed off, I deliberation our patience has been justified by getting Rob implicit the line.

"He's played successful immoderate immense games during his clip with Arsenal, truthful he'll relish the concern he's walking into. He'll vie with the likes of Anel [Ahmedhodzic], Jack [Robinson] and others, and joins a squad which is looking acold healthier than the 1 we had astatine the commencement of the window, arsenic we look to onslaught the remaining portion of the season."

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