{"id":527901,"date":"2023-09-18T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=527901"},"modified":"2023-09-18T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:38:59","slug":"sources-major-update-on-sheffield-united-potentially-sacking-heckingbottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-major-update-on-sheffield-united-potentially-sacking-heckingbottom\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Major update on Sheffield United potentially sacking Heckingbottom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is no immediate threat of Paul Heckingbottom being sacked at Sheffield United, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widespread reports have suggested the 46-year-old could be replaced by ex-manager Chris Wilder following the Blades’ poor start to the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a well-placed source has told Football Insider <\/strong>that Heckingbottom will be given time to turn things around after a tough transfer window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheffield United lost two of last season’s top performers – Sander Berge<\/a> and Illiman Ndiaye – to Burnley and Marseille respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blades have picked up one point from a possible 15 to start the new campaign following promotion to the Premier League last term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They sit just outside the relegation zone by virtue of goal difference and have also been dumped out of the League Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heckingbottom’s side have suffered two late collapses from winning positions against Man City and Tottenham in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is believed there is no panic about the situation from the club’s Saudi Arabian owner, despite management in the top-flight being very much a results business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heckingbottom led the Blades to a second-place finish in the Championship last season amid a backdrop of chaos relating to Abdullah Bin Mosaad Al Saud’s takeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He succeeded Wilder at Bramall Lane in an initial caretaker role back in March 2021, and was eventually given the job permanently in November of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 46-year-old won 28 of a possible 46 Championship games last term to ensure the Blades’ return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, two Premier League clubs race to sign Paris Saint-Germain talent.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no immediate threat of Paul Heckingbottom being sacked at Sheffield United, sources have told Football Insider. Widespread reports have suggested the 46-year-old could be replaced by ex-manager Chris Wilder following the Blades’ poor start to the 2023-24 campaign. However, a well-placed source has told Football Insider that Heckingbottom will be given time to …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":527903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[7,4,5573],"tags":[554],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527902,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527901\/revisions\/527902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}