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Chris Wilder returns as Sheffield United manager after Heckingbottom sacked

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Chris Wilder will return for his second spell as manager of Sheffield United after the club sacked Paul Heckingbottom, it was announced on Tuesday.

The Blades are bottom of the Premier League with just five points after losing 11 of their opening 14 games. The club's Saudi Arabian owner Prince Abdullah decided to call time on Heckingbottom's spell in the wake of their 5-0 defeat to fellow strugglers Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.

The Blades were Sheffield-born Wilder's boyhood club and he went on to play for them in two spells and then manage them between 2016 and 2021.

He said on Tuesday: "Quite simply, it was an opportunity which I just couldn't turn down. Just like in 2016, when this club comes calling, it is not something you pass up. "This is Sheffield United, it is my team and I am thrilled to be back.

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