Manager Chris Wilder set to leave Premier League bottom club Sheffield United

Blades have won just four games in the league this season

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder is set to leave the club after almost five years in charge. Reuters

Chris Wilder is set to leave his role as manager of Premier League bottom club Sheffield United, according to British media reports.

The Blades have won just four games in the Premier League this season and Saturday's 2-0 home defeat by Southampton left them on 14 points, 12 points adrift of the safety zone with 10 matches to play.

Their first league win did not come until 12 January, in their 18th game, when they beat Newcastle United.

Yorkshireman Wilder, 53, took charge of his boyhood club in 2016 after they finished 11th in League One (third tier).

He led them to two promotions in three years and their ninth-placed finish in the Premier League last season was their highest in the top-flight in 28 years.

Tensions between Wilder and club owner Abdullah Bin Musa'ad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have heightened recently, with Wilder last week stating he did not know if he will be manager next season, despite confirming he wants to remain in charge at Bramall Lane if the board and owners "stick to the plan".

Sheffield United take on third-placed Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.

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