‘He was copying our tactics!’: Chris Wilder jokes that Antonio Conte stole his Sheffield United blueprint when he was Chelsea boss as Middlesbrough manager pays a glowing tribute to the Spurs manager before their FA Cup showdown
Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder comes up against Antonio Conte and Spurs in the FA Cup on Tuesday evening admitting he once accused the Italian of stealing his tactics. Wilder was in charge of Sheffield United and deploying a 3-5-2 system with overlapping centre-backs when he encountered the-then Chelsea manager. ‘I said to him at an…