Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder is delighted to have landed an 'intelligent footballer' in Ben Osborn.
The versatile midfielder joined the Premier League new boys for a fee of between £3m and £3.5m from Nottingham Forest today.
Wilder suggested Osborn will have to fight for his place, but he is thrilled to land the 24-year-old following the Blades' promotion last season.
"We are delighted that he is a Sheffield United player," Wilder said.
"He's been a fantastic player for Forest in the Championship and I know for certain that two or three clubs in January were sniffing around to take him. He's got a lot of attributes that will help us, going forward, and we're looking forward to him pulling on a red and white shirt.
"Ben is an intelligent footballer, he plays a number of positions and has got that attitude that he will slot in wherever.
"But he'll want to nail down a position and he's going to put enormous pressure on a few of our players who might think they're cemented into the team and that's how it's got to be, I've said all along, it raises everybody's standards. We are putting together a group that's got to be competitive in arguably the best division in the world.
"We're not getting flustered with people talking about where we are getting our players from, we're delighted with the work we've done, I'm really excited and seeing the players we've got in the building already, from Jags (Phil Jagielka) to the likes of Ravel (Morrison), Lys Mousset, Callum Robinson, Luke Freeman and now Ben Osborn."
The Forest academy product made 230 appearances for the Reds in all competitions having made his debut against Ipswich in March 2014.
