Sports Desk:

Sheffield United have signed Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury on loan until the end of the season.

The midfielder, who recently declared to play for Bangladesh the country of his mother’s birth, follows striker Tom Cannon to Bramall Lane as Leicester free up funds to add to Ruud van Nistelrooy’s squad before the end of the transfer window.

The deal includes an option to make the move permanent.

The 27-year-old has two-and-a-half years left on his Leicester contract but has found game-time difficult to come by this campaign.

Hamza Choudhury has made 91 league appearances for the Foxes and worked under Blades boss Chris Wilder during a season-long loan spell with Watford in 2022-23.

The former England Under-21 international could make his debut for the promotion chasers in Saturday’s trip to Derby County.

“It has been going on for a couple of weeks but I’m happy to be here and ready to get going,” Choudhury told the club website.

“I’ve seen the position that the team has put itself in and I want to come here and help.

“I worked with the gaffer for a couple of months at Watford, it was short, but I enjoyed it, so when he called there was only one answer from me.”