Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder says it is a 'lazy assumption' that parachute payments are the main reason his side top the Championship.
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has rubbished suggestions that parachute payments are the main reason why his side are top of the Championship.the payments were a big reason why the Blades, Burnley and Leeds currently occupy the division's top three positions.But before his side's trip to Millwall on Wednesday, Wilder insisted his club's shrewd business is behind their excellent start to the campaign.
"If you do your bit of digging, we've got some players on decent wages, we've got some good players and we've kept some good players," Wilder added."In that West Brom team, there's some players that we couldn't touch a few years ago that are still there - the Swifts, the Wallaces, Mikey Johnston that we went after and others," Wilder said.
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