Warnock handed transfer war chest

Warnock's side lie in 15th heading into the Christmas period

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock has been handed "a lot of money" to strengthen his squad in January, says Blades Plc chairman Kevin McCabe.

Warnock has £2m of remaining transfer funds to spend as well as £5m raised from a loan arrangement.

A Sheffield United spokesman would not confirm the specific sum that would be set aside for transfer funds.

But McCabe said: "It's a lot of money, although that's an allocation of money that is also for player contracts."

The Blades chief says he is content with his squad but is keen for Warnock to add new faces in January.

He added: "In this transfer window we need to freshen things up a little.

"The squad we have now is good enough to keep us up, but every team needs freshening up at some stage.

"When you look at who we can recruit, the list is pretty small if the criteria is that we need players who are better than those we have. It's not easy."