Sheffield United failed in their bid to bring Alex Collado to Bramall Lane due to the winger's representative's unrealistic financial demands.

What's the talk?

That's according to a claim made by Andy Giddings, with the BBC journalist revealing in a post on Twitter that, despite both Barcelona and Sheffield United being happy for the deal to go ahead, the 22-year-old's move to the Championship side broke down due to the financial demands of the player's representatives.

In his tweet, Giddings said: "Understand SUFC pursuit of Barca midfielder Alex Collado broke down at the 11th hour due to 'unrealistic financial demands' from the player's representatives. Told both clubs are happy for the deal to be concluded."

Jokanovic will be fuming

Considering just how short Slavisa Jokanovic's side is in the wide attacking areas of the pitch, in addition to the sheer amount of potential Collado appears to possess, the fact that the Blades' move for the right-winger fell through at the 11th hour due to something as trivial as the demands of the player's representatives is sure to have left the 53-year-old manager fuming.

Indeed, following the closure of the summer transfer window on Tuesday evening, Jokanovic has been left with no players who are natural options on either the left or right-wing in his first-team squad, meaning that, until January, the Serbian will have to make do with fielding one of his centre-forwards out of position on the flanks.

Furthermore, while Collado has struggled to break into the Barcelona first team, making just two appearances for the LaLiga side, the £4.5m-rated man's form for Barcelona B clearly illustrates exactly why Jokanovic wanted to secure his signing.

Indeed, over the 22-year-old's 83 appearances for the reserve side, who play their football in the third tier of Spanish football, the winger has scored 18 goals and registered 11 assists, while also bagging four goals and one assist over his 20 fixtures for Barcelona's U19 team.

As such, it would certainly have appeared as if the youngster would have made a very useful addition to the Sheffield United side prior to Tuesday's transfer deadline, however, after missing out on his signing, Jokanovic will now have to make do with the options he has been left with in his squad - something that would not appear to bode overly well for the club's Championship campaign, considering how poorly it has started.

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