Laura Woods was left wincing in ache after an excessively agency handshake with Chris Wilder.
The Sheffield United supervisor was interviewed reside on TNT Sport forward of his facet’s Premier League conflict with West Ham on Sunday afternoon. Wilder, 56, greeted punditry pair Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand, earlier than turning his consideration to Woods.
But his handshake with Woods momentarily took the presenter aback. And the 36-year-old, who’s now a millionaire, couldn’t masks the ache as she felt the results of his aggressive motion.
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“Hello Chris, it’s great to see you again. Are you well?” she stated, earlier than wincing and including: “Cor, it’s always a really hard handshake with you.”
Wilder awkwardly responded: “Oh it’s a Northern handshake isn’t it? We have to set the standards straight away, it’s how we’re going to be,” earlier than chuckling.
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The head coach was reappointed at Bramall Lane again in December after the sacking of Paul Heckingbottom. He has since gained two of his seven matches in cost, although the Blades stay backside of the desk with simply 10 factors.
They went into the West Ham fixture seven factors from security. And Wilder, who led the Blades from League One to the Premier League in his first stint earlier than leaving by mutual consent in March 2021, didn’t underestimate the duty on their fingers this season.
He added: “We’re combating for our lives. What I’ll say relating to their character [the players], if you stroll right into a altering room and a brand new supervisor is available in, you are wanting on the gamers – ‘Who’s with you? Who’s not with you?’ I wish to suppose all of the gamers are on the identical web page. There’s nothing I’ve needed to do when it comes to shift gamers.
“They’re all on the identical web page. They all need to be a part of it. They’ve labored exhausting to get into the Premier League and we’ll work rattling exhausting to attempt to keep in it.”
Sheffield United additionally proved a tricky nut to crack for West Ham, who have been compelled to return away from the competition with a degree after a late leveller from the penalty spot which made it 2-2.