Blades in for McCall ....just as gilmour said
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SHEFFIELD UNITED last night made their move for Stuart McCall.
SunSport understands the Blades contacted Motherwell for permission to speak to the boss.
Bramall Lane chiefs targeted the Fir Park gaffer as a replacement for the axed Danny Wilson.
Yesterday’s dramatic late afternoon approach saw Well chief executive Leeann Dempster preparing to contact other members of the club’s board.
Dempster was also attempting to get in touch with McCall, who had jetted to Benidorm yesterday morning with the rest of the squad for an end-of-season holiday.
She claimed last week the club were resigned to offers flooding in for their in-demand manager.
This season McCall steered the club to second spot in the SPL with a record top flight points total and was named Clydesdale Bank Manager of the Year this season.
But that was just the latest in a long line of successes since he took over from Craig Brown in 2010.
McCall, 48, penned a new two-year deal less than two months ago meaning Well WILL be able to get compensation.
But he doesn’t return from Spain until Thursday so if permission is granted it’s unlikely talks will take place before the end of the week at the earliest.
Caretaker boss and the former Blades defender Chris Morgan had been a candidate for the job after steering the side into the League One play-offs only to lose in the semis.
But it’s thought the only rival to McCall — also a Scotland coach under Gordon Strachan — is MK Dons manager Karl Robinson, who is the other name listed on the Bramall Lane board’s two-man shortlist.
McCall had three years as a player with the Steel City side before becoming Neil Warnock’s assistant.
He helped mastermind the club’s promotion to the Premier League in 2006 but left in 2007 when Warnock was axed.