Anel’s switch pays off in style

Chris Dunlavy analyses Sheffield United after they sealed their return to the Premier League in midweek

Anel Ahmedhodzic will forever be remembered as the man whose goal sealed Sheffield United’s promotion back to the Premier League.
Yet if it hadn’t been for the collapse of a French grandee, a dramatic change of heart and the bloody-minded persistence of Paul Heckingbottom, the 24-year-old wouldn’t have been at Bramall Lane at all.
Born in Sweden to Bosnian parents, Ahmedhodzic was playing for Malmo in the Allsvenskan when Heckingbottom first picked up the phone in January last year. Di...

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