It is widely believed that former Premier League midfielder Gary Speed will be named as the new manager at Sheffield United. The 40 year old is the man likely to be revealed at a press conference the Blades have called for 2pm tomorrow.
United sacked former manager Kevin Blackwell on Saturday following a poor start to the season which has already seen them drop out of the Carling Cup to League 1 side Hartlepool United before losing 3-0 to former manager Neil Warnock's QPR side. With two games left in August, away at Middlesbrough and home to Preston, the new manager will want to stop the rot and start challenging towards the top end of the table.
Speed has been coaching at Bramall Lane since suffering a back injury in November 2008 and was approached by Swansea about taking the reins at the Liberty Stadium in June 2009, though this was rejected by Sheffield United. He was also named on the subs bench for the Carling Cup defeat at Hartlepool, despite having said he would retire from the playing side of the game.
The Welshman, who was capped 85 times by his country, enjoyed an illustrious top flight career with Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton, playing in every Premier League season up until the 2008/09 season when he joined the Blades. At one point he held the all-time appearance record for the league at 535 before that figure was broken by David James.
Speed, who was recently awarded his UEFA Pro License, has long spoke about his desire to move into the management side of the game and it seems as though his chance at the Blades has finally come.
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