'Wilder would make sure this team is clawing and fighting'
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Chris Wilder would be brought in to try to "galvanise" the Sheffield United team, says BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton.
Reports emerged on Monday that Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom is set to be sacked and former manager Wilder, who managed the club for five years between 2016 and 2021, would be in line to replace him.
"Chris Wilder would make sure that this team is clawing and fighting and scratching to get results," Staton told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.
"The hope will be that he can galvanise the team and keep them up. Whether that's realistic, I don't know. I've seen nothing from Sheffield United so far to make me think they are going to be in the Premier League this season.
"But if they do go down, the job that Chris Wilder did at Sheffield United the last time he was in charge was about as miraculous job as you will find.
"He took Sheffield United over as a team that were going nowhere in League One and within three years they were a Premier League team competing for Europe. So if there's anybody who could get them back up if they do go down, you wouldn't bet against it being Chris Wilder."