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The bitter end: Chris Wilder's exit at Sheffield United had been in the pipeline after fall-outs with Saudi owner over transfers, a director of football and a shoddy training ground came to a head

Daily Mail | March 13, 2021

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Chris Wilder was on Friday night in severance talks with Sheffield United after long-running tensions with the Bramall Lane board finally exploded.

Wilder — already on the shortlist for possible vacancies at Crystal Palace and West Brom — spent Friday in discussion with the club after working relationships at the Premier League’s bottom side finally reached breaking point.

Sportsmail revealed this month Wilder’s departure in the summer was inevitable after rows over recruitment and the state of the training ground.

Sheffield United are bottom of the Premier League and changes appear to be on the horizon
Discussions have been held over Chris Wilder's future after fall-outs with the club's owners

HOW SPORTSMAIL LED THE WAY ON WILDER

On March 4, Sportsmail exclusively revealed that Chris Wilder's future was in real jeopardy.

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