Why Chris Wilder will continue to look out for Sheffield United's interests after underhand jibe from Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp

The two managers have a great deal of respect for each other, but have clashed in recent weeks on the subject of whether the Premier League should revert to the five-subs rule that it introduced after Project Restart last season.

United believe that altering the rules mid-season affects the integrity of the competition, but Klopp believes only being allowed to make three changes per game is dangerous to player welfare.

Wilder labelled Klopp "a world-class politician" over his claim that the move to five subs would benefit everyone in the league, a comment which clearly irritated the Anfield boss.

In a tetchy interview with BT Sport, Klopp's good-guy mask skipped when he hit back with a slightly underhand comment on United's current league position.

And when asked about Klopp's description of him as "selfish", Wilder responded after Saturday's defeat at West Brom: "I’m not going to talk about it right at this particular moment. I can imagine you can understand my view on that so maybe that’s for another time.

"Today is talking about today’s result and as Jurgen said – a good observation – we’re still on that one point, as he pointed out.

"Everybody has that right to [defend their own club’s view]. There are 20 votes in this league and everybody looks after himself right the way through.

"Nobody is looking after Sheffield United, so we have to look after ourselves. I am not really going into the nuts and bolts of what was said.

"I have got, and always have had, a huge amount of respect for Liverpool Football Club, as I have consistently said. I also have a huge amount of respect for Jurgen.

"Whether it is looking after the football club, whether it is selfish or another word.

"By the way, there are a few more managers in there as well that have looked after their own club. And I will always look after Sheffield United.

"That's enough from me."