Shea Charles is due to return to Southampton from Sheffield Wednesday this week after being recalled from his loan spell, but he could be heading back to the Steel City within days if Sheffield United's Chris Wilder gets his way.

According to saintsmarching.com Shea Charles return to Southampton could be fleeting.

Sheffield Wednesday's Chairman made the claim at a fans forum last week that Saints had recalled the midfielder from his season long loan as a tit for tat spat as the Owls had refused Saints permission to speak to Danny Rohl in their quest to replace Russell Martin.

That spat could be doubled if Saints then turn around and loan him back to Sheffield, this time to Wednesday's rivals Sheffield United.

Ex Saints player and now manager at Brammall Lane, Chris Wilder had this to say:

"We’re looking for players of quality and pedigree and he was on the list."

Whether that was a serious quote of just Wilder taking the chance to have a little bit of fun with his local rivals, is unclear.

Many Saints supporters were impressed with Shea Charles last season, especially in the early games, but towards the end he struggled for game time under Russell Martin and it was no surprise that our ex manager felt he was surplus to requirements this season.

So there will be some who will welcome Charles back into our squad, but I am not sure that it would be the right thing to do.

I am an admirer of the midfielder, but I think it might be counter productive to his development to bring him back into a team that is struggling big time and it would do him no favours to become part of a losing team.

We would be better served by sending him out to a good Championship club in or around the promotion places, there he could get games under his belt, hopefully with a winning mentality and return to St Mary's in the summer, fresh and invigorated and more importantly with the games under his belt giving him a confidence that he would not have by a slog in the Premier League and a few good beatings.

So although I think he would definitely improve the centre of our midfield, I don't think it would improve Shea Charles to be here, it is next season that we need him, not the tail end of this season.

On the face of it Sheffield United would be a good fit, but if i was the player himself, I would think twice about crossing from Wednesday to United in such a direct way, whilst it would please the fans of the Blades, it would see the fans of the Owls considering him to be a traitor, he would need to watch where he went in Sheffield.

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Farlow added 12:13 - Jan 22 Shea Charles will develop into a premiership player F
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onetowatch added 12:39 - Jan 22 Sorry Nick, we should keep him with us now. Yes, I agree it will not be the most joyous experience until the end of the season, but even at international level he has proved himself to be not only a talented player, with a strong physical presence and good distribution, but also a mature individual. He'll deal with it and be stronger next season....as long as we actually play him!! Unlike the idiot RM....

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Bowlercow added 13:58 - Jan 22 Personally I would keep him here AND play him as a m/f partner to big Les. I remember his performances as a CB so he could be used there with Jan B and THB Allowing him to go on loan to Seff Utd would IMO be classed as ungentlemanly conduct
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Farlow added 14:25 - Jan 22 Shea Charle will develop into a premiership player so he needs to play and thertes no better place to learn.He would add much needed bite to midfield.
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Colburn added 17:03 - Jan 22 Totally disagree. If we send him out again we won’t ever see him in a Saints shirt again. Not only would it be good for him to experience premier league football, it’s character building when the going is tough and he might actually dominate a game or 2 in the middle and help us get more points. Imagine what a filip that would be for him and his progress! Bring him back and play him. Send out Smallbone on loan instead as he needs game time to get fit and isn’t good enough for this level at the moment.

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sledger added 22:09 - Jan 22 smallbone wont be good enough for this level in his lifetime,hes just so slow and weak.
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Ali_Diarea added 08:31 - Jan 23 I agree with the comments above, we should keep him and start him. It would be great prem experience for him with no pressure as we are certain to be relegated anyway. Personally I’d play 4-2-3-1 and make him one of two holding midfielders to shield our poor defence
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