Sheffield United have been officially relegated to the Championship after their latest heavy defeat of a season to forget this afternoon. The Blades have long been doomed for the drop but could have staved it off for the time being with victory at Newcastle United, a prospect that looked to have more potential when Anel Ahmedhodzic put them ahead early on. But the hosts replied in the first half through Alexander Isak although the Blades will wonder how they went in at the break after missing a...
Sheffield United made a decision to bring in a new number one in the winter
Manchester United is due for a significant squad rebuild this summer. The situation at Old Trafford seemed to look fairly positive after manager Erik ten Hag's first campaign at the helm. The Dutchman took the team to third in the Premier League table and collected the Carabao Cup during the 2022/23 season. Nevertheless, the Red Manchester United is due for a significant squad rebuild this summer. The situation at Old Trafford seemed to look fairly positive after manager Erik ten Hag’s first...
Here is a statistical look at the worst defensive season the Premier League has seen. Chris Wilder’s side, remarkably, have equalled a record set when Premier League teams still played 42 games each. Swindon, who propped up the table in 1993-94, were until now the only team to concede 100 goals in a season since the top flight’s rebranding the year prior to that. The Blades had already surpassed Derby’s 38-game record of 89 after their 4-2 defeat to Manchester United left them on 92 goals...
NATHAN SALT AT OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United made life hard for themselves but ultimately walked out with a 4-2 victory at Old Trafford from their clash with Sheffield United.
Chris Wilder is the man to lead Sheffield United back into battle again next season, according to one of the few shining lights of a difficult season for the Blades. The Premier League struggle was completed on Saturday, with relegation confirmed but already thoughts turn to next season and the challenge of the Championship. Speaking at The Star Football Awards, having picked up Sheffield United Player of the Year, Jack Robinson reflected on a disappointing campaign as a whole, but spoke of his...
Rotherham United boss Steve Evans has issued an update on the future of reported Sheffield United target Victor Johansson. The goalkeeper has been heavily linked with a move to Bramall Lane after an impressive campaign behind an unimpressive Millers side. Rotherham were relegated without a fight this season, failing to make a fist of it and returning to League One as a result. There has been little to shout about at the New York Stadium this season, but Johansson has been one of the bright...
Sheffield United’s post-relegation financial plan involves at least one high-profile sale to balance the books, amid speculation over the weekend that the Blades may look to cash in on midfielder Gus Hamer. The former Coventry City man has been one of the few Blades players to grow into what has been a wretched season on the whole, and was a standout player in their 3-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest at the weekend. Hamer arrived at Bramall Lane in the summer from Coventry in a quick deal tied up...
Ivo Grbic has reacted well to losing his place as Sheffield United’s first-choice goalkeeper, Chris Wilder has revealed, after the Blades boss conceded that the Croatian’s Bramall Lane transfer “has not gone as well as all of us would have liked.” The 28-year-old has watched United’s last two games from the bench after Wes Foderingham was restored between the posts. Grbic has failed to convince many Unitedites with his displays between the posts since arriving from Atletico Madrid in January,...
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Chris Wilder remains hopeful that Oliver Arblaster enjoys a “long and successful” career at Sheffield United after emerging as one of the few positives from a nightmare season for his boyhood club. The academy product, who only turned 20 earlier this year, has cemented his place in the Blades’ XI and was named their captain recently with Jack Robinson injured. It has been a fairytale Premier League impact for a young man who started the season on loan at Port Vale in League One with a 7-0 defeat...
Prince Abdullah, the Sheffield United owner, has been warned that he must make sufficient funds available to Chris Wilder this summer to rebuild the Blades - or risk them joining a pack of also-rans in the Championship. The Blades were officially relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after defeat at Newcastle United. That 5-1 loss summed up many of the problems facing Wilder this summer in a nutshell, with missed chances and then defensive frailties combining for another chastening...