Billy Sharp admits a request to train with Sheffield United has been rejected by manager Paul Heckingbottom.

Sharp made the request after leaving LA Galaxy this month.

"I spoke to [Heckingbottom] a few days ago," Sharp told the No Tippy Tappy podcast. "He said again that he'd love to have me back but that's not an option. I don't know why. But listen, that's gone. I asked to go in and train, just to keep my fitness up for the next move that hopefully I make soon.

"You can't replicate football training every day, I can do all the running and sprinting I want but training with the lads is different. I won't be going back as a player, even though I'd love to. My wife would hate me if I did, she wouldn't want me to go back for the way [his departure] got dealt with.

"But I'm Sheff United through and through and if they needed me then I'd be there whenever they wanted me. But that's not going to happen I just wanted to go in and train, keep my fitness up ready to go again. I'm still waiting to hear back but it doesn't look like it so I'll just keep grinding away, keeping my fitness up and hopefully, something happens in the future."