Wilder hails City as the ‘perfect’ club

LEICESTER City are a “brilliant example” of how a football club should be run, says former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder after receiving an invitation to the club’s training ground.

The investment into all aspects of the club, including the new

£100 million base at Seagrave, shows City have the balance spot on, Wilder believes.

He was recently invited to Seagrave by Brendan Rodgers as he looks for a new job following his dismissal by Sheffield United last season.

Wilder said he had been interested in the vacancy at Nottingham Forest, but that role has been filled by Steve Cooper.

During his time out of work, he has been able to observe the styles of other managers first hand, and believes the set-up at City could not be better.

“There’s some really good people in the game at the highest level and I’ve had some fantastic opportunities,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

“I’ve had invites to go to Manchester City to watch training from Pep (Guardiola), to Brendan Rodgers at Leicester. It would be remiss of me not to take up those invitations.

“There’s some fabulous clubs, some really stable clubs. You look at Leicester City, and what Brendan is working with and what they’ve invested.

“They’re talking about building onto the King Power Stadium, they’ve changed the training ground.

“I thought the training ground was quite good actually! All of sudden they go and splash out £100m on a training ground which is brilliant for the future of Leicester City.

“They’re improving their academy, they’re buying young players, but they’re buying senior players as well.

“The balance of that football club is perfect and a brilliant example of how to run one.”

City beat Sheffield United twice last season, Jamie Vardy scoring a last-minute winner at Bramall Lane, before handing out a 5-0 thrashing at home in what was the Blades’ first game after Wilder’s exit.

They finished bottom and now sit 15th in the Championship table under new boss Slavisa Jokanovic.