Tony Cascarino believes Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder deserves to be considered for the Premier League’s top jobs.
The usual suspects, such as Massimiliano Allegri and Jose Mourinho, continue to be linked with Manchester United and Arsenal following their recent struggles under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Unai Emery respectively.
But Cascarino suggests that it’s only snobbery which prevents such clubs taking a chance on someone like Wilder.
The Englishman has been working miracles at Sheffield United for some time, guiding them from the foot of League One to SIXTH in the Premier League, despite a relative lack of resources.
And Wilder has done it in style, ripping up the narrative on the newly-promoted Blades as a negative, pragmatic proposition.
His revolutionary tactical approach, featuring overlapping centre-backs, has caught the Premier League off guard and Cascarino reckons he deserves a crack at one of the big guns.
“Man United job, Arsenal job – Chris Wilder? Absolutely,” Cascarino said.
“There would be a snobbery around football that would go for Allegri or Mourinho. But I’m like, ‘No, I’d rather go with Chris Wilder.’
“He knows football, he’s a proper football person. Like Sir Alex Ferguson, Jurgen Klopp at Mainz, Pep Guardiola at Barcelona B – he’s shown what he can do.
“I believe there are managers in lower league football who are very gifted and deserve an opportunity. Chris has gone through the whole lot.”
Nonetheless, it seems Mourinho is the front-runner for the Arsenal job should the Gunners decide to sack Emery.
According to The Times, Mourinho and Arsenal head of football Raul Sanllehi had dinner together earlier this week.
Reports claim Emery has just one game to save his job following the disappointing 1-1 draw with Wolves on Saturday.
