Premier League legend Eidur Gudjohnsen's son Daniel, 19, lined up for shock transfer to Championship promotion chasers
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Sheffield United are keeping tabs on Icelandic striker Daniel Gudjohnsen
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Eidur won back-to-back Premier League titles with Chelsea as well as La Liga and the Champions League with Barcelona.
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The three sons of Eidur are following in his footsteps.
Daniel's older brother
The eldest, Sveinn, 27, plays as a forward for Norwegian club Sarpsborg as well as his country.
Daniel has been capped by Iceland's youth sides, but has not yet received a senior call-up.
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His youth career spanned Gava, Barcelona,
He made his first-team debut for Malmo in 2023 and
On 1 December last year he scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 win over
Torslanda IK
in the second round of the
Swedish Cup.
In June 2002,
Eidur was signed by
the Blues
for £4.5 million
and
was the second striker signed that pre-season after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
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