Sheffield United take on Bristol City on Easter Monday and boss Chris Wilder will be taking on a new but very well-known boss.

The Robins have announced they have sacked manager Gerhard Struber and his assistant Bernd Eibler after a run that has seen them win just one of their last eight league games, that coming against struggling Blackburn Rovers.

Struber has now been replaced by veteran former England manager Roy Hodgson on an interim basis.

Hodgson’s last job in management was in a second spell at Crystal Palace which ended just over two years ago when he was replaced by Oliver Glasner.

Now 78, Hodgson’s experience is so vast that this latest appointment marks a return to a club that he first joined in a coaching capacity way back in 1980, eventually taking charge in 1982 before embarking on a tour of Europe that saw him build a superb reputation while managing the likes of Malmö in Sweden, the Swiss national team and Inter Milan.

He would eventually become England manager in 2012 but his four-year stint in charge is not remembered fondly and he left the role after defeat to Iceland in Euro 2016 in France before roles at Palace, either side of a spell at Watford.

City Chief Executive Officer Charlie Boss said of the sacking of Struber and the subsequent interim appointment of Hodgson: “I would like to thank Gerhard and Bernd for their hard work over the past nine months and we wish them all the best.

“Roy’s appointment is about more than the results of the next seven games. Over the remainder of the season, he will help us set the standards and values at the club that we will need to be successful going forwards.

“Roy is a vastly experienced coach who has achieved and won at the highest level. He will support me, our players and our football staff as we build towards achieving our potential.

“We are in the process of appointing a Sporting Director who will have a direct input into the recruitment of a new permanent Head Coach.”

City’s form has been patchy all season but recent results have seen the side that United beat in last year’s play-off semi-final fall just a point ahead of the Blades to 16th place in the Championship table.

Austrian Struber, whose first taste of English football came with a year-long spell at Barnsley which ended in 2020, replaced Liam Manning in the summer after the coach who led the Robins to the play-offs left soon after to join Norwich City.

United travel to face Bristol City on April 6.