- Tensions between Wilder and club owner heightened recently
- Blades bottom of Premier League and 12 points from safety
Chris Wilder is set to depart as manager of Sheffield United after a tumultuous day at the Premier League’s bottom-placed club. Wilder was due to attend a press conference on Friday to preview Sunday’s league fixture at Leicester but the club postponed that until the late afternoon before cancelling it “due to circumstances beyond our control” just before 5pm. An announcement about Wilder’s future is expected to follow.
It is understood that Paul Heckingbottom, the club’s under-23s manager, will take charge of the side against Leicester. However, no decision has been reached about a potential long-term replacement for Wilder.
