19th July David Sommeil has left United and penned a two-year deal with Ligue 1 outfit Valenciennes. Sommeil made just five Premier League appearances for The Blades following his move from Manchester City. City paid £3.5 million for Sommeil back in January 2003 before allowing him to leave for free last summer. The 32-year-old former Bordeaux and Rennes defender will now be hoping returning to France will kick-start his career.

19th July Striker Christian Nade has rejected Hull City's offer of an incentive-based contract. Nade was offered a three-year deal, which included bonus payments for appearances and goals, by Tigers boss Phil Brown in order to safeguard the club's future. Hull had already agreed a £550,000 fee with The Blades for the 22-year-old, but Nade was unwilling to accept the terms of the deal. "We've spotted someone who has the potential to be a good striker, but I wanted to safeguard the future of this club by giving him an incentive-based contract," Brown told the Hull Daily Mail. "He wasn't willing to accept that and he has rejected the deal we offered."

18th July Bryan Robson has decided not to offer a contract to trialist Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe The Blades manager admits the defender, who completed his trial by playing 90 minutes in the 2-0 pre-season friendly win over Alfreton, was not what the club were looking for. Perrier-Doumbe was available on a free transfer after seeing out his contract with French club Rennes and the Cameroon international had spent some time on loan at Celtic last season.

13th July United have been refused leave to appeal over the Carlos Tevez affair. The Blades took their case to the High Court, following an independent arbitration's panel's decision not to over-turn the Premier League's decision to only fine West Ham over the Tevez-Javier Mascherano transfer wrangle. United felt West Ham should have been deducted points, rather than the £5.5million fine they received, and were looking to be reinstated in the Premier League. However, Justice Andrew Smith ruled against United and also denied their request to take the case further to the Court of Appeal.

7th July Keith Gillespie and Chris Lucketti have pledged their futures to the club by signing new deals. Northern Ireland international Gillespie has signed a two-year deal and defender Lucketti has inked a one-year contract. The news is a boost for Blades boss Bryan Robson as he prepares his side for life in the Championship

6th July Derby County have agreed a £3 million deal for Claude Davis. The Blades central defender will now seal a move to Pride Park. The 28-year-old has only been at Bramall Lane for one season, but he is now set to be reunited with former Preston boss Billy Davies.

5th July United have snapped up Everton defender Gary Naysmith in a £1 million deal. Just 24 hours after Phil Jagielka made the switch from United to Everton, Naysmith has gone in the opposite direction. Naysmith, who has signed a three-year deal at Bramall Lane, was delighted to make the move to South Yorkshire. "Coming to play under Bryan Robson makes me really excited and, after speaking with the chairman, I am keen and happy to be here. "I was always there or thereabouts at Everton but they had several established players and if you were out injured it was difficult to force your way back in. "I am obviously looking forward to coming to here. I haven't been playing enough at Everton. This is a big club, who have done very well in recent years and were unlucky in the Premiership last season. "I have no problems dropping a division, as I feel we will only be here for one year. "We have a great squad with plenty of experience, so we should be aiming to get promoted at the first attempt."

4th July United have completed the signing of striker Billy Sharp from Scunthorpe United for an undisclosed fee.The striker has signed a four-year deal, while Jonathan Forte, has joined Scunthorpe as part of the deal.

He becomes Bryan Robson's first signing at the Lane and the Blades boss commented : "I'm delighted to get Billy back here. He's a Sheffield United fan through and through and he has a great desire and love for the Club - that's exactly the sort of thing I want at this place. "He's had a terrific scoring record since becoming a regular and we need more goals than we have had in the last couple of seasons."

Sharp scored 32 goals last season with Scunthorpe in their promotion campaign.

4th July Everton have signed Phil Jagielka from United for £4 million. There has been a three-way tussle for Jagielka in recent weeks, with Bolton and Wigan also enquiring after the versatile midfielder. However Everton, who had already had an offer knocked back by The Blades, have now clinched a deal for Jagielka. The 24-year-old announced at the end of last season he was looking to leave Bramall Lane, following Sheffield United's relegation from the Premiership. Jagielka has put pen-to-paper on a five-year contract and David Moyes is sure to entrust him with a key role next term.

3rd July United have failed in their attempts to be reinstated in the Premier League after an independent arbitration panel dismissed their claim of an unfair punishment handed out to West Ham United over the Carlos Tevez affair. The Blades had called for a new disciplinary hearing against West Ham having argued that the £5.5million fine handed out in the spring was too lenient and that a points deduction was warranted after The Hammers were found guilty regarding the ownership of Tevez and Javier Mascherano. A tribunal which was set up by The Premier League took place last month but a final verdict was delayed for two weeks while the decision was contemplated by a three-man panel headed by retired High Court judge Sir Philip Otton. United, along with Fulham, also claimed that Tevez, who was key to Alan Curbishley's side avoiding relegation on the final day of the season, should have been de-registered, but that too was rejected by the independent arbitration panel.