'No-one was sitting at home relaxing' - Bettis
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Speaking on BBC Radio Sheffield's Blades Heaven podcast, Sheffield United chief executive Stephen Bettis said influences outside the club's control impacted their transfer window: "We did everything as quickly as we could. No-one was sitting at home relaxing, thinking we can do that in a week's time. We were pushing as hard as we could to try to get every deal across the line as quickly as possible.
"The reality is they took the time that they did because of all the complexities in it, so I don't think it was in anyone's part that they're not doing their job properly for this football club. Everyone was working tirelessly."
On the timescale of Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge's departures, he said: "We wanted both players to stay at the football club - 100%. I wanted them, the manager wanted them, the owner wanted them to stay - so everyone was aligned in that respect. We did everything we could to keep the players here.
"My job is to keep this club on the right path and use the money correctly, and I feel that is what happened with those [transfers].
"Just before the start of the season, Tottenham sold Harry Kane - and this is football. We don't control the offers and when they come in, and we don't control the players' reaction to the those. We're all human beings and, at that point, we just have to address it, move with it and transition to the next step.
"All clubs are experiencing it to certain levels. I just think our experience was maybe a little more than that - and that's because we actually have good players here that other clubs want to take and pay big money for."