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Norwood: We have no friends; we only care about Sheffield Utd!

Sheffield United midfielder Oliver Norwood has revealed how committed to the club the players are.

Ahead of the Premier League restart, the Blades will be targeting a Europa League finish.

Norwood declared, "If you asked every player in our team, we don't have any friends, we don't worry about any other club, we only care about Sheffield United.

"If they are not up to the intensity, or we are not up to the intensity, they will beat us or we will beat them, simple as that. The stakes are high for both teams and I think you'll see that. Everyone will be excited and looking forward to that first game. I think you will see an edge in every footballer.

"We want to earn everything we achieve this season on the pitch, we don't want points per game and all that kind of thing, and we'll be given the opportunity to do that now.

"In the manager's words, 'Let's crack on!' When you work, there are no excuses. He is probably one of the worst out of all of us sitting around and waiting for things. He was raring to go and couldn't wait to get us back in. It was predicted we'd be down by Christmas and we've proved people wrong."

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