Club owner Prince Abdullah has confirmed Sheffield United have replaced Paul Heckingbottom with former boss Chris Wilder.<\/p>\n
Heckingbottom, 46, led the Blades back to the Premier League last season but oversaw a poor start to the current campaign, losing 11 of 14 games to leave them rock bottom.<\/p>\n
And Saturday\u2019s alarming 5-0 defeat at relegation rivals Burnley prompted the return of Wilder, who left the Yorkshire outfit in March 2021 having led his side from League One to the top flight.<\/p>\n
Prince Abdullah told\u00a0talkSPORT: \u201cChris is part of Sheffield United history.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing I always like to do, not just in football but all of my businesses, is to keep a good relationship with my ex-employees no matter how it ended. I think you should get over it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day we\u2019re all passionate about what we do and we believe Chris is the right man for the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cChris has done great things for the club and in my opinion he\u2019s the best guy on planet earth to take over in these circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI have mixed emotions about letting Paul go. I really have a lot of respect for Paul and everything he did for the club, he\u2019s a very classy guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been at the club for five years and we changed one manager and that was Slav [Slavisa Jokanovic], so we believe in sticking with the manager and supporting him.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I felt like after the last few games it was a necessary decision and the replacement has done great things and knows the club, so I feel good about the decision in one way but I really have a tremendous respect for Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more details become available. Please keep refreshing the page.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/620b1b47-4acb-4af4-96cb-9a99236cabd6.jpg\")