Sheffield United boss Wilder signs a new deal until 2024

(Reuters) – Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract until the end of the 2023-24 season with an option for an additional year, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

Wilder was appointed manager of his boyhood club in 2016 and has led them from League One to the top flight with two promotions in the past three seasons.

The 52-year-old was named the League Managers’ Association Manager of the Year after United secured a return to the Premier League after a 12-year absence last year.

“Chris has been instrumental in our recent and current success and we want him at the helm in the future, leading us forward, hence the new long-term contract,” said Blades owner Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in -a statement https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2020/january/wilder-signs.

“He’s a dynamic leader that the fans relate to and it’s important to have someone of his stature leading this club on the pitch.

“January is a very important month but securing Chris’ signature was essential and underpins all the plans we have for the club over the next few years.”

Despite operating on a shoestring transfer budget, United have enjoyed a brilliant start to life in the Premier League and are currently eighth in the table with 29 points from 21 games.

They can move provisionally into fifth place with a win over West Ham United later on Friday.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)