Free agent Billy Sharp reveals all including Wrexham feud, Sheffield Utd exit, and his future

Free agent Billy Sharp reveals all including the Wrexham feud, Sheffield Utd exit, and his future after being left in limbo.

The Blades legend appeared on the latest episode of No Tippy Tappy Football where he gave them an exclusive during the hour and 15 minute chat.

He delved into his departure from Sheffield United, including what he was told three times, before being released at the end of his contract last season.

Sharp discusses his time in America with LA Galaxy, opened up on what the future holds for the 37 year old, gave his account of what went on during Sheffield United’s clash with Wrexham in the FA Cup last season and how it ended in ‘beef’ with Ryan Reynolds.

BILLY SHARP TO WREXHAM?! 😱

After a well documented spat after the FA Cup game between Sheffield Utd & Wrexham, the striker admits he would still consider signing for them!

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ON WREXHAM

Interviewer: We’re seeing a lot of Hollywood stars come and watch English football now obviously there’s quite a few different connections the big one obviously being Wrexham that was fun last year wasn’t it for anybody that doesn’t remember you and Wrexham could you refresh us

Sharp: Just going back one of the first things I seen when I came out the airport was a big Wrexham billboard yeah in LA and I was like oh my God this is wind I can’t get away no listen I think it’s been blown well out of like proportion like it was an FA Cup tie their gaff and then back to ours and I’m a winner and wanted to win and there were a few things said and yeah we won the game and ended up getting to the semi-finals of the FA Cup it meant a lot to me, and yeah there were a few things said that upset a few people but what happened after the game is we won and my family sit right next to the away fans which they sit there all the time I don’t know why they did but I always go over win lose or draw wave to my kids, clap our fans above where the away fans are, Wrexham fans are throwing things blah blah blah which everyone knows I can take the stick and I give things back, it’s part of football, it’s what I love about football without the fans it’s nothing and we saw that in Covid, and the fans are throwing things abusing me whatever, but they thought I was coming over to to obviously give them stick but they don’t know that family were there so I wave but also clapping our fans and I did this (gestures crying with hands), just to say unlucky, I could have done something a lot worse what have got me into trouble but it was a little bit of friendly banter, the manager Parkinson who yeah I know him and I’ve had a few runnings with him before… so I’ve took a throw in once for Leeds United against Bradford and I pick the ball up and as I’m going to pick the ball he volleyed the ball but hit my hand so I pushed him and some reason I got booked and he didn’t that time so that was first little one which no one knows about history, then we had a little battle against Bolton, Sheffield United to get out of League One and we did them they you know we were the champions out of there and they got promoted which great but just have these little rivalries and battles of no nothing against him just we just don’t seem to get on he doesn’t like me I’m not that bothered about him and yeah a few of his, that game when I’ve done that he saw me do that he’s clapping his fans yeah fair he can do that he came over and he started grabbing me and I was like what are you doing my parents my family my kids are all there I’m having a bit with your fans, then a few of their players came over it boiled over my emotions were high their emotions were high we turn left to home dressing room they go straight on and then left to the away dressing room at Bramall Lane loads of cameras which I was going straight on because I scored the winner and I think I got man of the match did an interview which I’ve shouldn’t have probably done should gone to change room calm down then did it um they were pushing me out the way and I’m going I’m going to do the interview yeah usually I’d be going left so then I had to basically this cameraman was then trying to pan round with their players because for the documentary and he got in my way a little bit I pushed him so then it boiled over a little bit more then few of our lads started getting involved it’s just handbags football handbags yeah it was great and they got the face on, they saying we should be and we’re the higher team blah blah blah doesn’t always work like that we saw that in the FA Cup they got a replay they were obviously still doing really well now um but yeah their fans got a lot against me but I don’t know it was good TV I’ve heard I’ve not watched it, I said stick that in your documentary and guess what, I didn’t get paid for it, to be fair it says when you go into Bramall Lane there is filming today blah blah blah so I think they’re fine um I’ll have to check right.

Interviewer: What if Ryan phones you up?

Sharp: He said um apparently he said um something about me, I can’t repeat what he said but yeah I’m like I even got under his skin as well and I’m like they was the ones who were saying ‘rent free in your head’ and I’m like no not at all it was an FA Cup tie high emotions and we luckily came out on top that day and I was the lucky one to score the winner but nothing against Wrexham or the supporters

Sam Allardyce: But in football terms Wrexham it’s a great, it’s a great show about how you can turn a football club around with two film stars in it and put the mind to it well but it’s the money they’re generating for the club you know out of their fame yeah and out of their social media activity and about you know building up the followers to that and Wrexham’s full every week tickers every week but the main revenues coming through the through the social media because of how many followers of that like I mean it’s just brilliant and the club can benefit from that I think they’ve just bought the stadium back

On if he got a call to sign from Wrexham, Sharp said: I’ll says what he see, I don’t old grudges, if that was one of my better options then yeah why not. When I play for a team, Sam will say this to his players every single week other managers said it to me it’s it’s your dressing room versus the rest you do whatever you can to win that game and if it’s to get under people’s skin yeah you do it so that’s just what happened that day and listen it was for Sheffield United I was the captain and it the FA Cup it was a big big day and we were set up you know to get beat for their documentary and yeah spoiled it yeah so we were the bad guys and I was the bad guy

Billy Sharp has revealed that he and the manager Paul Heckingbottom wanted him to stay! 😳

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Billy Sharp said he spoke to Paul Heckingbottom recently about potentially returning to Sheffield United after the board decided against the manager’s hopes of keeping him.

He said: “My contract came to an end, which obviously happens, and I wanted to stay. Captain of the club, just got promoted to the Premier League a second time with Sheffield United. I knew I’d probably only be a bit-part player but, as Sam knows, even when your captain’s not playing, you’ve got a job to do and I felt as though I could give a lot back to new players that came in who didn’t know the culture of the club.

“Hecky wanted to keep me. I am 99% sure. I got told three times we want you here. I was like yeah, no worries about lifting my wages, I didn’t want that, I just wanted to be there and be part of it. The club that I love, the club that I support. I said ‘you’ve told me three times now I’m getting the contract and didn’t get to sign it.’ The blame was all on above.

“I said to him [Heckingbottom] ‘if you have got the authority, show it and tell them you want your captain here’. I think it’s a case of the people above at the minute they didn’t want me there. It hurt and it took me a while to get over it.

“I spoke to him [Heckingbottom] a few days ago. He said again ‘listen, I’d love to have you back but that’s not an option’. I don’t know why but that’s gone. I asked to go in and train just to keep my fitness up ready to go again. I am still waiting to hear back, but it doesn’t look like it.”

TIMES OF TOPICS TALKED ABOUT

00:00 Intro
00:46 International Break
02:04 Introducing Billy Sharp
05:18 Billy Sharp’s Sheffield United departure
09:30 No loyalty in football
13:45 Being told the ‘Truth’
17:45 Playing as a classic striker
19:00 Talks with Paul Heckingbottom
25:35 Return to Sheffield United?
30:55 Billy Sharp as Sheffield’s assistant?
33:37 MLS football quality
39:16 A clash against Wrexham
49:30 Everton’s points deduction
52:35 Calvert-Lewin’s quality
53:50 England’s back up number 9
58:05 City Liverpool combined XI
01:02:48 Big Sam yawn at Old Trafford
01:07:28 PSG or Newcastle?
01:09:25 Aaron Ramsdale
01:11:15 Who has Billy almost signed for?

Twitter users reacted as free agent Billy Sharp reveals all including the Wrexham feud, his Sheffield Utd exit, and his future…

@MattJJwxm: Wrexham fans hold grudges. I’d rather us play with 10 men every week than have @billysharp10 play for us

@beardywxm: Id rather shit in my own hands and clap.

@mallers01: Not (never) gonna happen 🤣🤣

@wxmbh8: Released hahahaha

@joshwilliamsDNO: Hahahahaha the little beg is gutted he hasn’t got a club now 😂 we hold grudges and you are definitely not welcome anywhere near our club

@Osianwills1: Sod off bill

@evansmatty98: Brass neck on this cry baby saying he doesn’t hold a grudge 😂

@DewiHughes_: He’s an a absolute knobhead Sharp, but I’m sorry you’re lying if you’re saying you wouldn’t have him here 😂

@dodgewrexham: 😂😂 beg on toast!! Stick that in your documentary!

@BaileyVickerage: Get ur self back to Donny @billysharp10 🙏🙏 #drfc

@jrwilliams32: We have the better Billy! Waters > Sharp

@brad_180: Nah am alright thanks

@liambraisdell: Hahahaha fuck off

Billy Sharp and Andy Holt still on the timeline https://t.co/ptXHERedAG pic.twitter.com/M9eyr2Ri0v

— Joe✊🏼 (@JoeEdws) November 24, 2023