Nottingham Forest demand £10m transfer fee from Sheffield United for unwanted star who was exiled after paperwork mishap

SHEFFIELD UNITED must cough up a hefty £10million to buy Lewis O’Brien after Nottingham Forest snubbed a loan.

Forest will not help out their newly-promoted Premier League rivals with a temporary deal for the 24-year-old midfielder.

Lewis O’Brien was on loan at Wayne Rooney’s DC United last season and is wanted by Sheff UtdRex

Forest poached O’Brien from Huddersfield after beating the Terriers in the 2022 play-off final.

But he failed to nail down a regular spot as Forest signed an incredible 30-plus players for their Prem return.

O’Brien was left exiled for the second half of the season after a paperwork issue meant a loan to Blackburn fell through on January deadline day.

He had already been left out of Forest’s Prem squad.

O’Brien ultimately moved across the pond for loan spell with Wayne Rooney’s DC United in the MLS.

But he is back now and could go out for the season if a Championship club comes in.

Blades are still waiting on an answer from Manchester City about James McAtee returning on loan.

But they fear PSV Eindhoven beating them to Bayern Munich’s US midfielder Malik Tillman.

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Tillman spent last season at Rangers.

And he is seen by United as a long-term replacement for Sander Berge, whose deal is up next year.