Sheffield United To Reappoint Chris Wilder As Manager After Sacking Sellés

Chris Wilder is poised to make a astonishment return astatine Sheffield United and negociate his boyhood nine for a 3rd clip aft nan Blades sacked Rubén Sellés pursuing six defeats from six games. United acted aft Sellés’s broadside were dismantled 5-0 astatine Ipswich connected Friday.

Wilder was dismissed aft losing nan Championship playoff last astatine Wembley and the Blades turned to Sellés, who narrowly avoided relegation pinch Hull City past season.

Sellés attended United’s playoff semi-final first-leg triumph astatine Bristol City and was hastily appointed aft talks pinch their US owners, nan COH sports group consortium.

It is thought Wilder will return to Bramall Lane empowered, fixed nan head antecedently fought pinch nan ownership astir their displacement successful transportation strategy. United’s owners’ attempts to instrumentality artificial intelligence-led recruitment person truthful acold backfired.

The Spaniard Sellés, who besides coached astatine Southampton and Reading, was an unpopular assignment and endured a disastrous spell successful Sheffield. He mislaid each six matches successful charge, 5 successful nan league, and his broadside had not scored a extremity successful their past 4 fixtures.

The Blades recognised nan request to sack Sellés aft Friday’s humiliation astatine Portman Road. United’s co-chairman Steven Rosen is understood to person been successful attendance for that capitulation astatine Ipswich.