Sheffield United: Chris Wilder replaces Ruben Selles for third stint as boss

After supporting the Blades as a child, Wilder’s professional relationship with the club began almost 40 years ago as a player in 1986.

The former defender spent six years at Bramall Lane before leaving to join Rotherham and then returned for a brief spell in 1998.

After winning promotion as a manager at Oxford and Northampton, Wilder began his first spell as United boss in 2016 and steered them to the League One title in his first season.

The Blades finished runners-up in the Championship in 2019, sealing a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2007 under Neil Warnock.

They excelled in their first season back in the top tier, beating Everton, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea on the way to finishing ninth, their best placing since 1975.

United nosedived the following season and Wilder left with the club bottom of the top flight in March 2021.

Wilder had spells at Middlesbrough and Watford before returning to Bramall Lane in December 2023 to succeed Paul Heckingbottom with the club again bottom of the Premier League.

He could not save the side from relegation, but he amassed 90 points to finish third last season before enduring the heartbreak of a play-off defeat to a Sunderland side whose winner came in stoppage time.

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