Sheff Utd set to replace Wilder with Selles

After failing to make an immediate return to the Premier League, Sheffield United are expected to announce Chris Wilder’s departure on Wednesday.

After Wilder’s departure is confirmed, Ruben Selles, a former manager of Hull, Reading, and Southampton, is expected to take over at Bramall Lane.

The Blades finished third in the championship, but Sunderland suffered an injury-related defeat in last month’s play-off final.

Only Coventry City will start next season under the same manager with the same manager given that his imminent departure means that of the three teams that did not advance past the Championship play-offs, only Coventry City will be able to do so.

In his first season in charge, Wilder led Bramall Lane to the League One title in May 2016.

Two years later, they were promoted to the Premier League, and they finished ninth overall in their inaugural season.

However, they struggled badly the following year, and Wilder abruptly left with relegation.

With only 16 points and 101 goals conceded overall, Wilder was unable to stop the season.

Due to missed transfer payments during the 2022-23 campaign, they started last season with a two-point deduction, but they remained in the top division all the way.

In December, Wilder completed a long-awaited takeover by American-based COH Sports, and he signed a new three-year contract in January.

They were two points clear at the top of the standings with seven games left. However, they then lost to Plymouth Argyle, Millwall, and Oxford United in three games in eight days.

Despite finishing the regular season with 90 points, they were forced to the play-offs by another defeat at Burnley, which was a fourth in five games.

They won the play-off final against the Black Cats in the final at Wembley with a thumping 6-0 overall win over Bristol City.

The only Championship game in which the system was in use all season, VAR controversially ruled out a second goal, and Sunderland came back to equalize.

Then Tommy Watson scored the 95th-minute winner for the Black Cats, reduced to 10 men temporarily, with a player out injured and all of their substitutes.