Clough: Evans return a board decision
Sheffield United manager Nigel Clough insists the decision whether to bringjailed striker Ched Evans back to the club is "above football".
Evans is due to be released two and a half years into a five-year prisonsentence for rape on Friday and has been heavily linked with a return to theBlades - the club he was at when convicted in 2012.
The South Yorkshire outfit have faced a backlash over potentially re-signingthe former Wales international, with over 90,000 people signing a petitionagainst his possible re-employment.
But they are continuing to discuss the matter, with Clough only having a small say in the decision.
Evans scored 48 goals in 113 games for the Blades prior to his imprisonment, including 35 in 42 games during the 2011/12 campaign which was cut short due to his trial and conviction.
A jury at Caernarfon Crown Court found Evans guilty of raping a 19-year-oldwoman in April 2012.
Evans admitted having sex with the woman on 30 May 2011, but said it wasconsensual.