Oliver Arblaster could be Sheffield United's captain next season according to manager Chris Wilder, who had no doubts about asking the 20-year-old to lead his team out at Old Trafford.
With John Egan, Chris Basham, Jack Robinson and Oli McBurnie injured, Oliver Norwood on the bench and the job taken off Anel Ahmedhodzic in March, Arblaster was the Blades' seventh skipper this season. This despite it being only his eighth league start for the club, having made his Premier League debut in March. He spent the first half of the season on loan at League One Port Vale.
Sign up to our new Sports Editor’s TeamTalk newsletter 'I said it after Brentford we've got to catch him up and we did at times on Wednesday but it's another mixed bag in terms of my words to the players and to you regarding our performance.' It does not say so much for his 10 fellow starters that Wilder gave the armband to their youngest team-mate.
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