{"id":528906,"date":"2023-09-27T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=528906"},"modified":"2023-09-27T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:15:36","slug":"sources-sheffield-united-set-sights-on-appointing-chris-wilder-as-paul-heckingbottom-at-risk-of-first-sacking-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-sheffield-united-set-sights-on-appointing-chris-wilder-as-paul-heckingbottom-at-risk-of-first-sacking-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Sheffield United set sights on appointing Chris Wilder as Paul Heckingbottom at risk of first sacking of season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheffield United are setting their sights on a sensational return for ex-manager Chris Wilder, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Heckingbottom is now at risk of becoming the season’s first Premier League managerial casualty after a wretched start to the 2023-24 campaign for the Blades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That poor start was compounded on Sunday (24 September) with the 8-0 home loss against Newcastle United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sheffield<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilder<\/a> is being sounded out by club chiefs and is believed to be waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-placed source has told Football Insider<\/strong> that Sheffield United’s owners have patched up their relationship with the 56-year-old after he was sacked as Blades manager back in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move to bring Wilder back to Bramall Lane comes amid major question marks over Heckingbottom’s ability to manage at the Premier League level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United, alongside fellow promoted sides Luton and Burnley, have picked up just one point so far in the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heckingbottom, who got the Blades promoted as runners-up last season, has now managed just three wins from 16 total Premier League games as a manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilder has a better record in the top-flight and led the Yorkshire side to a ninth-place finish in the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ex-Blades defender was sacked in the following season after a poor run of form which contributed to their eventual relegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He left his latest job at Watford at the end of the 2022-23 season after a short, unsuccessful spell in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sheffield<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilder also departed Middlesbrough earlier on last season after he was sacked following a run of only two wins in 11 matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield United are next in action against West Ham on Saturday (30 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Kieran Maguire reveals “six-figure” Sheffield United deal as owners look to cash in.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheffield United are setting their sights on a sensational return for ex-manager Chris Wilder, sources have told Football Insider. Paul Heckingbottom is now at risk of becoming the season’s first Premier League managerial casualty after a wretched start to the 2023-24 campaign for the Blades. That poor start was compounded on Sunday (24 September) with …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528920,"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\/528906"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528916,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528906\/revisions\/528916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}