, Luton Town and Sheffield United keen on released Crystal Palace man with 600+ career apps to his name

Luton Town and Sheffield United keen on released Crystal Palace man with 600+ career apps to his name

Luton Town and Sheffield United are both ‘keen on signing’ James McArthur, reports TEAMtalk.

McArthur, 35, is available on a free transfer after leaving Crystal Palace. The experienced midfielder spent nine seasons at Selhurst Park, joining from Wigan Athletic way back in 2014 and going on to make 253 total appearances for the Eagles.

He featured just four times in the 2022/23 Premier League season though, prompting his exit from the club. But the Scot could remain in the Premier League going into next season with TEAMtalk revealing that promoted sides Luton Town and Sheffield United are both keen on the midfielder.

Their report adds that McArthur is weighing up his options ahead of the summer, and that Luton and Sheffield United are both keen on adding some more Premier League experience to their ranks.

Formerly of Hamilton Academical and Wigan Athletic, McArthur has 601 career appearances to his name, and 29 caps for Scotland with the last of those coming in 2017.

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, Luton Town and Sheffield United keen on released Crystal Palace man with 600+ career apps to his name

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A shrewd signing?

Certainly. McArthur is about as experienced as they come and despite his age, he’s always been a lively and combative type of midfielder, so expect him to still be able to do a job in the top flight.

Having said that, he wouldn’t be a marquee signing for either Luton or Sheffield United, but he’d certainly be a useful player to have about the squad – he’d add a tonne of experience to two teams who are maybe lacking in Premier League experience right now, Luton especially.

And on a free transfer it would be a very shrewd acquisition.

But both United and Luton need to add some star quality to their ranks this summer if they are to avoid relegation back to the Football League in a year’s time.

The summer transfer window opens next week.

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