DAVID McGOLDRICK has revealed the Sheffield United players found out about Chris Wilder’s sacking on twitter.
Rumours of Wilder’s acrimonious exit went unconfirmed by the club for 48 hours, with fans left confused when press conferences were cancelled.
Youth team Paul Heckingbottom was eventually brought in – but McGoldrick admits the players were as in the dark as everyone else.
The United striker told talkSPORT: “The weird thing about it was that it came out of the blue from nowhere.
“We got into training as normal, got into the treatment room and someone said, ‘Look at this on Twitter! Someone’s posted something saying the gaffer’s going to be sacked’.
“Usually, you hear certain things.
“We heard there was talk a few months ago. We had found some form.
“There was no confirmation for 48 hours, the boys didn’t properly meet Hecky [Heckingbottom].”
Wilder has been linked with the vacant Celtic job, and McGoldrick, 33, reckons he would be a perfect fit.
He added: “I’m sure he’ll get a big job somewhere.
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“Celtic need someone to go in there with big ideas, Wilder will go in there with his own ideas.
“He would change that club, he’d get the boys playing for them.”
Celtic meekly surrendered their Scottish Premiership to Rangers this season, sitting an astonishing 20 points behind Steven Gerrard’s side with five games to go.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
