First Premier League supervisor sacked this season as Sheff Utd axe Heckingbottom
Paul Heckingbottom is the primary managerial casualty of the 2023/24 Premier League season.
Doomed Sheffield United have sacked the 46-year-old following their embarrassing 5-0 drubbing by the hands of relegation rivals Burnley, who recorded their first residence win since being promoted. Heckingbottom couldn’t afford a defeat at Turf Moor, and the style of the loss has pressured the Blades to wield the axe.
Attention now turns to bringing his successor forward of Liverpool’s go to to Bramall Lane on Wednesday evening (7.30pm). Former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder is predicted to be introduced again in.
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Wilder, 56, has been out of labor for the reason that finish of final season after his short-term stint as Watford supervisor got here to an finish. Since leaving the Blades again in 2021 after a memorable five-year spell in cost which noticed them climb two divisions from League One to the Premier League, Wilder additionally managed Middlesbrough within the Championship, however did not win followers over earlier than being sacked in October 2022 after 11 months within the job.
Heckingbottom, in the meantime, leaves Sheffield United with the crew sat backside of the desk, having received simply as soon as at residence to Wolves (2-1) a month in the past. They’re 4 factors from security, with simply 5 factors obtained from 14 top-flight video games performed.
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By this time final season, a whopping seven Premier League managers had moved on. And there’s little shock Heckingbottom has been let go following their horrible begin to life again within the prime flight, which has seen them ship in a staggering 39 targets, together with an 8-0 drubbing at residence to Newcastle.
Sheffield United face a troublesome run of video games off the again of their damaging successive defeats to Bournemouth and Burnley. Brentford go to Bramall Lane on Saturday after Liverpool do the identical on Wednesday. Trips to Chelsea and Aston Villa then comply with for the Blades earlier than Christmas.
A must-win conflict towards Luton is on Boxing Day, and a frightening sport away to Manchester City ends their 12 months on December 30.
Sheffield United should discover a option to begin scoring targets frequently too. They have simply 11 so far – the bottom complete within the division.